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 …

Coun­ties here in north­west Ohio are doing a lot bet­ter than those in other areas of the state when it comes to health. Defi­ance County res­i­dents in par­tic­u­lar, show lower rates of pre­ma­ture death and exces­sive drink­ing, and are report­ing fewer sexually-transmitted dis­eases than the statewide aver­age. But the good …

Richard T. Shankster, 84, of Hillsdale, Michigan passed away on Saturday at his home with his family surrounding him.  He was born on December 21, 1930 in Primrose, Ohio to Owen S. and E. Mildred (Moyer) Shankster.  Dick graduated from Alvordton High School in 1948.  He married Naomi Ruth Bashor and she preceded …

Lucille M. (Grime) Connin, age 101 (just 10 days short of her 102nd birthday), of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Friday, March 27, 2015, at 4:55 P.M. Genesis Healthcare – Bryan Center. Lucille was a teacher beginning her teaching career in Ai, Ohio and later at Lincoln Elementary School in …