With the hol­i­day sea­son halfway over, the Ohio High­way Patrol is ask­ing dri­vers to con­tinue to buckle up and refrain from dri­ving impaired. Dur­ing this year’s five-day Christ­mas Hol­i­day report­ing period of Decem­ber 24 at 12 a.m. through Decem­ber 28 at 11:59 p.m., 10 peo­ple were killed in 10 fatal …

Two peo­ple from Bryan have been charged fol­low­ing a dog attack ear­lier this month that ended when Bryan Police shot and killed one of the dogs. Offi­cers were called out on a report of two unli­censed pit bulls run­ning loose in the area of the Amer­i­can Legion Post 284 and …

The Asso­ci­ated Press this morn­ing is report­ing that a man and his wife have pleaded guilty in the death of a Michi­gan man whose body was found in an empty grain stor­age barn in Put­nam County ear­lier this month. Robert Strauss of Toledo pleaded guilty to mur­der on Mon­day and …

A flatbed trac­tor trailer from Michi­gan went out of con­trol and then crashed in a field north of Defi­ance on Mon­day morn­ing. The Ohio High­way Patrol says it hap­pened just before 8 yes­ter­day morn­ing at the Ohio 15/18 split. The semi was south­bound on Ohio 15 when the dri­ver missed …

Some inter­est­ing news from the local police blot­ter today… Bryan Police report that early Fri­day morn­ing, a North Wal­nut Street res­i­dent of Bryan reported her vehi­cle was stolen by some­one she knew. Police located the vehi­cle and dri­ver who was in the process of return­ing the vehi­cle. The woman who …

Peggy A. Siler, age 61, of Wauseon, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday morning, December 28, 2014, in her home. Peggy was born in Swanton on March 24, 1953, the daughter of Robert and Edna (Brown) Ackerman. On October 24, 1972 she married Richard Siler, and he survives. Also surviving are …

Jack E. Benson, age 69, of Bryan, passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at the Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. Prior to his retirement he had been a transportation specialist in Arizona. Jack was born in Toledo, Ohio on April 8, 1945, the son of Donald E. and Dorothy …

James Raymond “Chubb” Bigley, Jr., age 47, of Pioneer, Ohio passed away suddenly Sunday, December 28, 2014 in CHP Hospital and Wellness Center, Montpelier, Ohio. He was born January 20, 1967 in Toledo, Ohio to James R. Bigley, Sr. and Nancy (Najero) Bigley. He was a master guitar player and …

Ricky Lee “Rick” Fuller, age 54, of Archbold, Ohio, and formerly a longtime resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana, passed away on Friday, December 26, 2014, in his home. Rick was a graduate of Blackford High School in Hartford City, Indiana. He had been employed as an automotive parts counter manager …

Kenneth “Ken” J. Wortkoetter, age 54, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Friday, December 26, 2014 at Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio following a sudden medical emergency. Ken was the owner of Fun Zone Distributers which had become very successful in the past couple years. He had also worked at …