The Mont­pe­lier Exempted Vil­lage Board of Edu­ca­tion met last Thurs­day, and voted to hire Carla Rice as its new CFO and trea­surer. Rice was employed as interim CFO/treasurer at $27.73 per hour. Her three-year con­tract begins March 16 at a salary of $76,000 per year.

A Bryan man is behind bars fol­low­ing his arrest on Mon­day. Bryan Police col­lared 21 year old Shane Smith of South Beech Street in Bryan on two counts of Aggra­vated Men­ac­ing and one count of Dis­or­derly Con­duct. Smith was locked up in CCNO.

The trial of a Bryan man accused of run­ning a pal­let scam has been post­poned. Gene Fer­rell was sched­uled to stand trial start­ing at 9 yes­ter­day morn­ing in Williams County Com­mon Pleas Court.

Mose S. Mohre, age 88, of Blakslee, Ohio, died at 11:47 P.M. on Friday, February 6, 2015, in his home after an extended illness. A 1941 graduate of Edon High School, he served in the United States Army during World War II. Following his service in the Army, he returned …

Mary A. Brodbeck, age 55, of Ney, Ohio, died at 3:37 P.M. on Friday, February 6, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness. A 1977 graduate of Bryan High School, Mary worked in banking for thirty-five years, most recently as manager of Farmers …

Shirley Loretta Ann Wolf, age 83, of Wauseon passed away peacefully early Friday morning, February 6, 2015. Shirley was born on May 17, 1931 in Romulus, Michigan, the daughter of the late Clarence E. and the late Rose Elsie (VanderVoort) Shaw. Surviving are two sons; David (Julie) Wolf of Fairfax …

The WBNO/WQCT 36th Annual Bliz­zard Auc­tion was a huge suc­cess, with Con­quer Child­hood Can­cer NOW get­ting more than $14,000 which will be put to use for treat­ing and defeat­ing child­hood can­cers. Con­quer Child­hood Can­cer NOW has a three-pronged approach to fight­ing the dis­ease. One of their goals is to raise …

Bryan Police on Sat­ur­day, arrested 24 year old Don­ald L. Bren­ne­man of Bryan for Crim­i­nal Tres­pass and Dis­or­derly Con­duct. He was taken to CCNO. On Sun­day, Bryan Police nabbed 24 year old Arturo Melchiorre-Soto of Bryan for Crim­i­nal Tres­pass and Dis­or­derly Con­duct. He too was taken to CCNO.

Sonya Her­ber has resigned as exec­u­tive direc­tor of the United Way of Pauld­ing County. Her­ber has been with the United Way since 2012. She told the Cres­cent News that she resigned from the post to spend more time with her fam­ily. Offi­cials with Untied Way say that while Her­ber has …

Early Thursday, 5 February 2015, Robert L. Johnson passed away in Columbus, Ohio, after a short illness.  Born in Columbus 16 Oct. 1921 to the late Carl Henry and Flora Watkins Johnson, he spent his youth in Waverly, Ohio, as part of a family of four sons and one daughter.  Robert excelled …