Mervin R. Stark, age 78, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 4:28 P.M. on Saturday, January 17, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Stark was 1954 graduate of Edgerton High School and served six years in the …

Terry Dee Taylor, age 79, of Palm Coast, Florida, and originally from Bryan, Ohio, peacefully joined our Heavenly Father on January 12, 2015, following a courageous nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Terry graduated from Ney High School in 1953 and attended the Bryan, Ohio, branch of Bowling Green State University …

Eleanor E. Bayes, 78 years, of Bryan, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Genesis Healthcare – Bryan Center.  Eleanor was born April 17, 1936 in New York City, New York, the daughter of the late Ewing P. and Eleanor J. (Brown) Knox.  She married Darrell D. Bayes on February 28, 1959 …

The Amer­i­can Red Cross in Henry County will hold a blood drive on Wednes­day at Wide­wa­ter in Lib­erty Cen­ter from 1–6 p.m. Walk-ins are wel­come. To sched­ule an appoint­ment, call 800-RED-CROSS.

Bryan Police report that they col­lared 33 year old Ken­neth A. Can­field II of N. Wal­nut St., Bryan on a bench war­rant out of Ful­ton County West­ern Dis­trict Court for fail­ing to appear. The orig­i­nal charge was Fail­ing to Com­ply with a law­ful order of a Police Offi­cer. Now Can­field …

Tech­nol­ogy never stands still, and those that embrace it move for­ward. Those that fail to keep up, are left behind. Now, some area first respon­ders are tak­ing a step for­ward with some ground­break­ing tech­nol­ogy that they say will allow them to more quickly respond to emer­gen­cies. The Defi­ance Fire Depart­ment …

The Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety will kick off the 2015 Relay for Life of Williams County on Thurs­day from 5–6:30 p.m. at the Knights of Colum­bus build­ing on Buf­falo Road, in Bryan. There will be infor­ma­tion about the relay, how to get involved, refresh­ments, enter­tain­ment and door prizes. For more infor­ma­tion, …

Mary M. Neidhardt, 89 years, of Hicksville, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 17, 2015, with her family by her side. Mary was born on August 25, 1925, in Paulding County, Ohio, to the late Harry and Floetta (Gorman) Zartman. Mary was a 1942 graduate of Central …

Luther M. Reinking, age 90, of Wauseon passed away late Friday January 16, 2015 at The Lutheran Home in Napoleon. Prior to his retirement he had been a lifelong area farmer and had also worked in security for the Campbell Soup Company for more than 25 years. Mr. Reinking was …

Arlene A. Heisler, 85 years, of Ney, passed away Friday, January 16, 2015, after a lengthy battle with dementia.  Arlene was born November 20, 1929 in Bryan, Ohio the daughter of the late Elvin and Mabel (Rinkel) Jackson.  She was a 1947 graduate of Farmer High School.  She then attended Bowling Green State …