On Mon­day, 24 year old Ste­fan R. Bates of Bryan, was arrested and taken into cus­tody by Bryan Police, on a charge of Pos­ses­sion of Heroin and Pos­ses­sion of Drug Abuse Instru­ments. Bates, it was then learned, had a felony war­rant out for his arrest through Williams County Court, and …

In Williams County, every avail­able dri­ver and truck was put into ser­vice to fight what turned out to be a record snow­fall this past week­end. County offi­cials reported, accord­ing to the Bryan Times, that all 17 avail­able county snow­plow trucks, includ­ing one that is nor­mally kept aside as a spare, …

Wanda G. Mullins, 76, of Montpelier, formerly of Defiance passed away Friday afternoon at her daughter’s home in Montpelier.  She was born on April 12, 1938 in Hazard, Kentucky to John D. And Madlyn (Fields) Elliot. Wanda retired in 2002 after 32 years at Higbie I.T.T. in Archbold as a machine …

Mary Evelyn Stoltz passed away on January 29, 2015 at the age of 95. She was the daughter of the late Lawrence and the late Susie (Sheckler) Stark. Known to all as Evelyn, she lived her entire life in Ohio. Born in Bucyrus, she grew up in Liberty Center and after …

Ruby P. Miller, age 88, of rural Edon, Ohio, died at 6:50 P.M. on Thursday, January 29, 2015, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, Ohio, after a sudden illness. Mrs. Miller was an avid cook and enjoyed baking and raising farm animals and was an …

Mildred E. Beaverson, 97 years, of West Unity, passed away Friday, January 30, 2015 in her home with her family by her side.  Mildred was born September 20, 1917 in East Liberty, Ohio, the daughter of the late Pearl and Daisy (Benton) Patrick.  Mildred was raised by Pearl and Alice Weller from …

On Sun­day, a Bryan man was arrested on a drug charge. Bryan Police picked up 20 year old Kyle Mur­ray of North Wal­nut St., Bryan, who was charged with pos­ses­sion of mar­i­juana. Mur­ray was processed, and then released to appear in court at a later date. On Sat­ur­day, Bryan Police …

The trial of a Defi­ance man in con­nec­tion to the death more than thirty years ago, of an Oak­wood woman has been sched­uled. 58 year old Steven Noff­singer, of Defi­ance, will go on trial the week of April 27 in Pauld­ing County Court. Noff­singer is charged with aggra­vated mur­der in …

The Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers and Sher­iff Steve Towns have appar­ently decided not to pur­sue a part­ner­ship deal between the sheriff’s office, the state of Ohio and the Ohio Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion to mon­i­tor Cor­rec­tional Cen­ter of North­west Ohio pris­on­ers doing trash pickup along county roads. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, …

Last night, the Ful­ton County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, and the Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Office, had issued a Level 3 Snow Emer­gency for all three coun­ties. That means all road­ways are closed to non-emergency per­son­nel; no one should be out on the roads unless it …