The Ohio High­way Patrol says two pickup trucks and another vehi­cle were involved in a crash Thurs­day morn­ing. IT hap­pened just before 8:30 yes­ter­day morn­ing on Ohio 34, just west of County Road 18. Traf­fic in that area was lim­ited to one lane while crews worked to clear the mess, …

A. LeRoy Emmons, age 98, of Lyons, passed away Thursday, February 12, 2015 at the Fairlawn haven Nursing Home in Archbold. Prior to his retirement he had been a lifelong area farmer, had owned and operated the former Emmons Flower Shop, near Lyons and had also been a Bulk Milk …

Reva V. Page, age 74, of Stryker passed away unexpectedly late Tuesday February 10, 2015 in her home. Prior to her retirement she had worked for Gendron and Fayette Tubular in Archbold. Mrs. Page was born on May 19, 1940 in Judsonia, Arkansas the daughter of the late Leo and …

Four more peo­ple have been arraigned in Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas Court on drug charges fol­low­ing their arrests on Mon­day. The four are part of the 27 peo­ple who were arrested recently in the case. Plead­ing not guilty to the charges on Tues­day were: 40 year old Bethany Ballew; 31 …

It was back on Jan­u­ary 22, when a search war­rant was exe­cuted at an apart­ment on West High Street in Bryan, and three peo­ple were arrested on drug charges. Now, not even a month later, offi­cers returned on Tues­day evening with another war­rant and three more peo­ple were taken into …

A project aimed at the clean up of the Pow­ell Creek water­shed in Defi­ance and Put­nam coun­ties has been extended until June. The Cres­cent News reports today that the Pow­ell Creek nutri­ent reduc­tion project was sched­uled to last two years, but now has been extended to June 30. The pro­gram …

David F. Poulson, 89 years, of Farmer, passed away Monday, February 9, 2015 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance.  David was born May 25, 1925 in Belmont County, Ohio, the son of the late Harry and Eva (Perkins) Poulson.  He was a graduate of Beallsville High School, then went on …

Fol­low­ing the announce­ment last week that it was fil­ing bank­ruptcy and shut­ter­ing many stores nation­wide, Radio Shack has released a list of the stores it intends to close. Included on that list is the Radio Shack at the North­towne Mall in Defi­ance. The local store is among more than 1,700 …

The Pauld­ing Vil­lage Coun­cil has voted to enter into a con­tract for phase II of the com­bined sewer over­flow project, while at the same time, it talked about the finan­cial hard­ships pre­sented by the Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency. The Cres­cent News reports that Pauld­ing coun­cil has passed a res­o­lu­tion autho­riz­ing the …

Jeanette “Sammy” Woodgeard, age 80, of Bryan, Ohio, died at her home on Monday, February 9, 2015. Sammy was a Commercial Artist her entire adult life. One of her early jobs was at the Federal Glass Company where she designed the Rolling Rock beer bottle logo. She also worked with …