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Williams County author­i­ties have had very lit­tle to say and have released almost no infor­ma­tion over the past sev­eral days with regard to a mur­der inves­ti­ga­tion that is now under­way. Offi­cials in North Car­olina how­ever, have been more acco­mo­dat­ing. In High Point, North Car­olina, Fox 8 TV late yes­ter­day, reported …

In Williams County, author­i­ties are inves­ti­gat­ing a pos­si­ble homi­cide that has led to the arrest of one man. In Mont­pe­lier, police were alerted of a pos­si­ble homi­cide that occurred some­where along the St. Joe River Trail on Sun­day. An adult male’s body was found in the area, how­ever offi­cials are …

The boards at Quadco Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter are plan­ning to reor­ga­nize at the first of the year after their attor­ney has done research into the organization’s his­tory and reviewed their struc­ture and rec­om­mended that the cen­ter have two sep­a­rate boards as the cen­ter com­pletes plans to pri­va­tize. The move will not …

The Henry County Sher­iff today is warn­ing folks of a tele­phone scam that has been cir­cu­lat­ing the area. The caller iden­ti­fies as a rep­re­sen­ta­tive from the Inter­nal Rev­enue Ser­vice. Accord­ing to the sher­iff, the callers use intim­i­da­tion tac­tics and tell res­i­dents that money is owed in back taxes. To avoid …

Some good finan­cial news for Williams County… The county’s income from inter­est from invest­ments for the first nine months of 2015 is up about $9,000 over the same period last year. The Bryan Times reports that total inter­est rev­enue through Sept. 30 of this year is $98,697. It was $89,620 …

There has been a res­ig­na­tion from the Williams County Board of Devel­op­men­tal Dis­abil­i­ties, and it becomes effec­tive at the end of the year. 10-year board mem­ber Dorothy McK­in­ney cited fam­ily rea­sons for step­ping down. The Bryan Times reports today that Super­in­ten­dent Deb Guil­ford informed the board that she has a …

A Pleas­ant Lake man will spend the next eight years of a 12 year sen­tence in prison after he was sen­tenced on Mon­day in Steuben Cir­cuit Court. 46 year old Charles Grime pleaded guilty to a felony charge of Sex­ual Mis­con­duct with a Minor back in June. In exchange for …

In DeKalb County, Cir­cuit Court Judge Kirk Car­pen­ter has denied a peti­tion from a con­victed mur­derer who had been seek­ing a mod­i­fi­ca­tion of his 50 year prison sen­tence. Judge Car­pen­ter issued his rul­ing late last week in the case of Thomas Sex­ton, who pleaded guilty in 1996 to mur­der­ing a …

A man from Mon­tana was sen­tenced to six years of a eight year prison sen­tence on Mon­day in Steuben Supe­rior Court. The sen­tence for James Richter came after he entered a guilty plea almost a year ago to felony charges related to the deal­ing of metham­phet­a­mine. Richter will serve his …

On Fri­day, Cooper Farms held an open house at its new Sandy Ridge Gilt Farm in Cecil. The 179-acre farm will house approx­i­mately 1,600 young female pigs begin­ning in Decem­ber, where they will remain for about 16–17 weeks, or until they reach about 200 pounds. They will then be moved …