Williams County Sher­iffs Deputies made an arrest yes­ter­day after­noon. Peter James Oiler of ALL-VERDTON, was arrested on a Williams County Grand Jury Indict­ment for 10 counts of cor­rupt­ing another with drugs and one count each of per­mit­ting drug abuse and fur­nish­ing alco­hol to under­age indi­vid­u­als. Oiler was taken to the …

In Wauseon, it appears that Council-man Mar­tin Estrada will keep his seat, despite the recent dis­cov­ery that he was not a reg­is­tered Ful­ton County voter at the time of his appoint­ment to coun­cil. The Cres­cent News reports that Wauseon Mayor Kathy Huner said, at this week’s meet­ing, that she will …

Janet L. Link, age 68, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:00 A.M. on Monday, March 16, 2015, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio. Janet had worked as a telephone operator in Lima. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Bryan. Janet Louise Link was …

Harlan K. Brown, age 53, of Bryan, passed away unexpectedly in his home on Sunday, March 15, 2015. Harlan was a passionate car mechanic and loved to help anyone with a need. Harlan was born in Tiffin, Ohio on October 17, 1961, the son of Howard W. and Margaret C. …

Barbara K. Von Wert, 57, of Wauseon, Ohio and formerly of Montpelier, passed away on Monday March 16th at her home.  She was born on September 22, 1957 in Montpelier, Ohio to Jonathan and Gladys Marjean (Wolford) Beck Jr.  On October 31, 2001 Barbara married Brian Von Wert in Las Vegas, Nevada …

A Bryan woman was locked up after being arrested early this morn­ing by Bryan Police. 19 year old Kylie Cran­son of South Cherry Street was arrested this morn­ing just after mid­night, on charges of assault and crim­i­nal tres­pass. She was taken to CCNO. Bryan Police have declined to pro­vide any …

Defi­ance County Audi­tor Jill Lit­tle has released a report for Feb­ru­ary. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, real estate trans­fers num­bered 160 last month, up from 124 a year ago, and real estate sales value was also up, com­ing in at $4,283,297 as opposed to last Feb­ru­ary when it totaled $3,471,397. …

In Edger­ton, the vil­lage coun­cil on Mon­day night at their reg­u­lar meet­ing, approved the pur­chase of a vehi­cle. The village’s water depart­ment had requested that coun­cil pur­chase a 2012 Ram 2500 4×4 with ser­vice body, includ­ing a ten-year war­ranty, for $27,000. That comes in at around $2,000 less than what …

Edon Vil­lage Coun­cil met Mon­day evening, and with lit­tle else on their plate last night, passed an ordi­nance adopt­ing amend­ments to the zon­ing code regard­ing height restric­tions in the com­mer­cial and busi­ness dis­trict. In other light action, coun­cil approved a res­o­lu­tion allow­ing the vil­lage to par­tic­i­pate in the Ohio Pub­lic …

A shoot­ing in Hicksville leaves one man seri­ously injured, and his mother in cus­tody. 45 year old Gus Camp was listed Mon­day night as being in “crit­i­cal” con­di­tion at Fort Wayne’s Lutheran Hos­pi­tal, after he was shot by his 71 year old mother, Mar­garet Camp at her home on Cor­nelia …