The National Weather Ser­vice has con­firmed that a tor­nado touched down in north­ern Hills­boro County last week. The tor­nado struck just after 6:20pm on April 9 with straight-line winds esti­mated at 85 miles-per-hour. Dam­age was min­i­mal, though a barn was pushed off its foun­da­tion, and two trees landed on an …

Today is the last day to RSVP for the new middle-and-high school ground­break­ing event sched­uled for this com­ing Thurs­day, April 23, at 10:30am on Foun­tain Grove Drive. The con­struc­tion is the first phase in a mas­ter plan that will unite all stu­dents from pre-K to 12th grade on one cam­pus. …

A train derailed yes­ter­day morn­ing in Napoleon, tem­porar­ily block­ing the inter­sec­tion of Glen­wood and Wash­ing­ton. The train was car­ry­ing tomato paste, so no HAZMAT sit­u­a­tion here, but two cars did over­turn, caus­ing some dam­age to about 100 feet of track, which will have to be repaired once the cars are …

Boston Daniel “Bossy” Snider, born December 26, 2012 was granted his angel wings on April 14, 2015, following a lifelong illness. His final days were spent surrounded by family and friends that Boston had touched in some small way throughout his short, yet very memorable life. Boston’s life would seem …

Robert F. Coker, Jr., age 73, of Bryan, Ohio, died unexpectedly in his home on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. A 1960 graduate of Hardin Northern High School in Dunkirk, Ohio, he was self-employed in the flooring business for thirty years and was a member of Bryan Eagles, Aerie 2233. Born …

Richard “Dick” E. Snow, age 63, of Farmer, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at his home, surrounded by his family. Dick work at Trim Trends and later Global Suspensions. He was a veteran of the US Navy in Special Forces from 1969-1973 and served two tours of …

Vol­un­teers at the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio received spe­cial recog­ni­tion, includ­ing hon­or­ing the Vol­un­teer of the Year, dur­ing the 24th annual Vol­un­teer Recog­ni­tion Ban­quet held Tues­day. Vol­un­teer Jim Scruta of Napoleon, who has been a vol­un­teer there since 2001, was named the CCNO Vol­un­teer of the Year for 2014. …

Well now, this is kind of spooky. The for­mer Pauld­ing County jail will soon, accord­ing to plans laid out by it’s new owner, become a new his­tor­i­cal attrac­tion and para­nor­mal research cen­ter. Shelly Burk Robert­son of Indi­anapo­lis pur­chased the prop­erty for $15,000. Robert­son grew up in Van Wert County. She …

Bryan Police nabbed an Illi­nois woman early Wednes­day morn­ing. 23 year old Lativa Spencer of Calu­ment City was charged with felony van­dal­ism. Spencer was locked up in CCNO. Bryan Police did not pro­vide any addi­tional infor­ma­tion such as what prop­erty was van­dal­ized or what the spe­cific dam­ages were.

Believe it or not, under­wear is a cause of con­cern in some jails, but the “bot­tom” line, so to speak, is that no con­tra­band is dis­cov­ered in the waist­band. The Bryan Times reports that in Franklin County, the County Cor­rec­tions Divi­sion issued a press release, in which it said that …