www.crescent-news.com's Homepage Articles http://www.crescent-news.com/news Homepage articles from www.crescent-news.com Thu, 08 May 2008 14:01:47 -0400 American Axle strike felt at Defiance's GM Powertrain plant http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3762842 Around 800 of Defiance General Motors Powertrain's 1,521 hourly employees have been idled as a result http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3762842 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:01:50 -0400 SK Hand Tools in hot water: Chemicals released harm Defiance's wastewater treatment http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3762852 A recent release of chemicals by a local company has caused lingering damage to Defiance's wastewater treatment process. According to a letter sent Friday to City Hall by Ohio Environmen http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3762852 Thu, 08 May 2008 11:26:00 -0400 Drug trafficker gets 24 year sentence http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3762352 By TODD HELBERG cnedit@crescent-news.com One of the longest prison terms ever imposed for drug dealing in Defiance County was handed down Thursday in common pleas court. Judge Joseph Schmenk sentenced Shermaine Ligon, 30, 1051 Ralston Ave., to a 24-year sentence on two counts of trafficking in crack cocaine, first- and second-degree felonies; two counts of trafficking in cocaine, second- and fourth-degree. http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3762352 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:01:52 -0400 LOVE AT FIRST BITE? National Pet Week acknowledges the large variety of pets http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3762862 When it comes to pets, some people like a cuddly kitten while others prefer a little more action with a puppy or adult dog that need to be taken for walks http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3762862 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:02:31 -0400 Baseball is a big hit in Defiance http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3763062 There is one word that simply does not exist in the vocabulary of Defiance High School baseball. Rebuild. It just doesn't happen. In his 10th year at the helm of the DHS progr http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3763062 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:02:25 -0400 Defiance baseball is No. 1 in the state: Top billing is first for program with prominent past http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3763052 Perspective. Everyone we know is looking for a little bit of it because it always has a way of bringing events in our lives into focus. While it may not be the most pressing http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3763052 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:03:14 -0400 Women's City Bowling: Zumfelde zooms to the top http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3763182 A late-season slump did not stop Karen Zumfelde from regaining her reign at the top of the Defiance Women's All-City Bowling team for the 2007-08 season. Zumfelde finished with a 2 http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3763182