Dennis R. Ankney, 69 years, of Sherwood, passed away Thursday, November 27, 2014.  Dennis was born June 25, 1945 in Hicksville, Ohio, the son of Oney A. and Clara C. (Chamberlin) Ankney.  He was a 1963 graduate of Central Local High School.  Dennis was an Army veteran serving during the Vietnam Era.  He married …

Hazel C. Huston, 94, of Montpelier passed away November 23rd at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier.  She was born on October 17, 1920 in Bridgewater Township, Ohio to Edmond and Carrie Mae (Hawley) Huston. Hazel was preceded in death by her parents; six sisters, Mary, Thelma, Dorothy, Blanche, Eva and …

Donald D. Geiger, age 74, of Paulding, Ohio, passed away at 5:20 A.M. on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at his residence. Donald graduated from Paulding High School in 1959 and served in the U.S. Army from 1959-1962 with the 12th Cavalry. He worked at Challenge Cook for 15 years until …

A three-vehicle pileup Sat­ur­day morn­ing on Ohio 281, in Rich­land Town­ship, Defi­ance County, has left one man crit­i­cally injured. The Ohio State High­way Patrol says it hap­pened at 3:45 a.m. Sat­ur­day, when 35 year old Ronald Nash of Napoleon, was west­bound on Ohio 281 in a Ford Tau­rus around mile …

A teenager died Sat­ur­day when he fell through ice at a Boy Scout camp near Pio­neer. 14 year old Daniel Spauld­ing of Ore­gon, Ohio fell through the ice at Camp Fron­tier Boy Scout Reser­va­tion accord­ing to the Williams County Sheriff’s Office. It hap­pened around 11 Sat­ur­day morn­ing. He was taken …

A Bryan man was charged with a firearm vio­la­tion over the week­end. Accord­ing to Bryan Police, 20 year old Jef­frey Cham­pion of 342 South Beech Street in Bryan, was arrested for dis­charg­ing a firearm. No other infor­ma­tion has been released by Bryan Police about his arrest. We do know that …

Sauder Vil­lage has joined Giv­ingTues­day, a first of its kind effort that will har­ness the col­lec­tive power of a unique blend of partners-charities, fam­i­lies, busi­nesses and individuals-to trans­form how peo­ple think about, talk about and par­tic­i­pate in the giv­ing sea­son. Tak­ing place tomor­row, Giv­ingTues­day will use the power of social …

Today marks the open­ing day of the Buck­eye State’s deer-gun sea­son. The sea­son, which runs through next Sun­day, is with­out ques­tion, one that many look for­ward to all year long. Hunters are urged to exer­cise cau­tion while afield.

Quadco is leas­ing addi­tional ware­house space in Arch­bold in order to meet an ever-increasing demand for the card­board pal­lets they pro­duce. The Quadco Admin­is­tra­tive board met on Tues­day, and it was announced that the cen­ter would be leas­ing space in a ware­house near their North­west Prod­ucts divi­sion for the stor­age …

On Wednes­day, a bond request was denied for a Defi­ance man who stands accused of mur­der. 58 year old Steven Noff­singer of Defi­ance was in Pauld­ing County Court on Wednes­day. Noff­singer is charged with mur­der­ing his ex-wife, Alma Noff­singer, who was 29 at the time, way back in 1981. The …