In Edon, the search for a miss­ing per­son is over, and for­tu­nately, the news is good. Edon Police say a young per­son left school and just walked into the woods north of Walz Park on Thurs­day. Police searched the area, then called for more help from other area law enforce­ment …

Defi­ance Mayor Bob Arm­strong announced that he plans to seek a fourth term. The 72 year old Demo­c­rat announced on Wednes­day that he planned to pick up his nom­i­nat­ing peti­tions for the May pri­mary. The mayor’s race will be decided in the Novem­ber gen­eral elec­tion, and if re-elected, Arm­strong will …

Napoleon Police say an attempted abduc­tion involv­ing a female juve­nile hap­pened on Tues­day after­noon. The girl told police she was walk­ing in the 900 block of Haley Avenue at 3:30 in the after­noon, when a black Chevy Trail­blazer pulled up next to her, and the dri­ver asked her to get …

The fund rais­ing cam­paign of United Way of Williams County is close to the halfway point. As of Wednes­day, the Bryan Times reported that the cam­paign stood at 44.8 per­cent of this year’s $320,000 goal, with $143,361 counted so far. The money will help fund 28 local orga­ni­za­tions, pro­grams and …

Ful­ton County Crime Stop­pers are ask­ing for your help. On Nov. 30, a home owner on Ful­ton County Road E in Swan­ton, reported that some­one broke into an unat­tached garage and stole an Elec­trolux stain­less steel elec­tric range; an Elec­trolux stain­less steel French door refrig­er­a­tor; a Frigidaire white top load …

A Put­nam County woman died in a two-vehicle crash Mon­day after­noon near Grover Hill. The Put­nam County Coroner’s Office says 53 year old Jane Deken of Con­ti­nen­tal, was pro­nounced dead at the scene of the crash , which hap­pened just befor 4pm Mon­day on Ohio 637, north of Town­ship Road …

An expiring income tax caused some con­cern in the Hicksville School Dis­trict. Dur­ing a brief meet­ing of the Hicksville Exempted Vil­lage Board of Edu­ca­tion, a .75 per­cent income tax which the board decided a year ago not to put up for renewal was dis­cussed. The tax expires at the end …

A Bryan woman has filed a law­suit fol­low­ing an acci­dent that left her hus­band dead. It hap­pened back in Novem­ber 2013, when then 19 year old Brock Minor of Mont­pe­lier was north­bound on Markey Avenue, when he hit 82 year old Hugh Lind­sey who was stand­ing on the side of …

Richard H. “Rick” Doughten, age 57, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:50 P.M. on Friday, December 5, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mr. Doughten was a 1976 graduate of Bryan High School, received his Associate Degree in business and attended the …

Troop­ers at the Defi­ance post of the Ohio High­way Patrol got an unusual phone early Mon­day morn­ing. The caller on the other end of the line told them that a woman was giv­ing birth in their park­ing lot and she needed some help. The call came in just after 4 …