Margaret Ann Boucher, age 70, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at St. Joseph Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Margaret had been the Kitchen Manager at Colonial Manor in Bryan for many years before becoming a caretaker for her daughter. She enjoyed playing Bingo. Margaret …

An attor­ney in a Pauld­ing County aggra­vated mur­der case now intends to file a change of venue motion. The Cres­cent News reports that the request has been filed by one of the attor­neys rep­re­sent­ing 59 year old Steven Noff­singer of Defi­ance. Noff­singer is charged with aggra­vated mur­der in rela­tion to …

Three peo­ple were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Ohio 108 on Tues­day evening. It hap­pened just after 9:30 when 41 year old Car­o­line Kra­sula of Wauseon, trav­el­ing north, drifted left of cen­ter, and smashed into a south­bound vehi­cle dri­ven by 76 year old Jan­ice Scott, also of Wauseon. Kra­sula …

A man who fled from Bryan Munic­i­pal Court on Mon­day, is still among the miss­ing. Tyler Richards was in court for a pro­ba­tion non-compliance hear­ing stem­ming from an alleged vio­la­tion of a five-year pro­ba­tion sen­tence for an assault con­vic­tion from last year. As Richards was being escorted to his hold­ing …

Another drug arrest in Bryan… This time, Bryan PD nailed 22 year old Anna Garver of East High Street for shoplift­ing first. She was then charged wtih pos­ses­sion of mar­i­juana, and pos­ses­sion of drug para­pher­na­lia. Garver was taken to CCNO where she was placed behind bars on those charges.

C. Joseph Steffes, age 76, of Edon, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at St. Joseph Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, surrounded by his family. Joe was a lifelong farmer and worked as a machinist at Metaldyne for 20 years and The Aro Corporation for several …

Some state offi­cials stopped in Napoleon Mon­day to talk with Henry County offi­cials about how local unem­ploy­ment fig­ures are cal­cu­lated. The Cres­cent News reports that Henry County Job and Fam­ily Ser­vices direc­tor Shan­non Jones invited them to come to town to come talk about the method­ol­ogy behind the unem­ploy­ment rate, …

Timothy L. Pool, 52 years, of Angola, Indiana, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 29, 2015 at his residence.  Tim was born February 12, 1963 in Bellefontaine, Ohio, the son of the late Eddie and Norah (Waldron) Pool.  He was a 1981 graduate of Bryan High School.  He then attended the University of …

A man from Ottawa was killed in a Fri­day evening crash. 34 year old Brett Varner died when his vehi­cle crashed into the river near Cloverdale. His body wasn’t dis­cov­ered until about 8am Sat­ur­day, when a pass­ing dri­ver noticed the sub­merged car. So far, it appears that Varner was dri­ving …

A man was hurt Sun­day morn­ing while try­ing to res­cue live­stock from a barn fire. It hap­pened on Ful­ton County Road C early Sun­day morn­ing, around 3:30am. When fire­fight­ers got there, the barn was fully engulfed in flames. Clay­ton Foor rented the prop­erty, where he tended to a herd of …