Although time is run­ning short, as long as they can round up enough signs to make it hap­pen, Defi­ance city offi­cials plan to imple­ment the new one-way traf­fic pat­tern for Fort Street and Wash­ing­ton Avenue, north of Sec­ond Street, by the end of this year. The Cres­cent News reports that …

In Mont­pe­lier on Mon­day, vil­lage coun­cil mem­bers dis­cussed whether golf carts should legally be con­sid­ered a dis­abil­ity vehi­cle. Vil­lage Legal Coun­cil Chris Walker said golf carts that may be dis­al­lowed on streets because of being con­sid­ered unsafe, but that rea­son­able accom­mo­da­tions must be made for those with dis­abil­i­ties. No action …

Williams County com­mis­sion­ers met on Mon­day, and there was some spir­ited dis­cus­sion between the sher­iff and the com­mis­sion­ers. While the com­mis­sion­ers called it a “philo­soph­i­cal dif­fer­ence” Sher­iff Steve Towns says it’s the com­mis­sion­ers’ way of “manip­u­lat­ing” his depart­ment. The dis­agree­ment cen­ters on the com­mis­sion­ers refusal to increase the sheriff’s bud­get …

Kathryn Elizabeth Sharp, 102 years, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2014 in her residence with her family at her side.  Kathryn was born May 13, 1912 in Bowling Green, Ohio, the daughter of the late Frank L. and Bertha (Reed) Keep.  She was a graduate of Bowling Green High School, and then …

Susan Leigh (Ullrich) Birr, age 63, of Montpelier passed away late December 19, 2014 at Community Hospitals of Williams County in Bryan following a brief illness. Mrs. Birr was a lifelong homemaker and had also worked at Pizza Hut in Bryan at one time. Mrs. Birr was born in San …

Bryan Police were busy over the week­end… On Sat­ur­day, police arrested 65 year old William Robert­son, Jr of East High Street in Bryan on a charge of dis­or­derly con­duct. He was then released. Sev­eral arrests on Sun­day, include that of 25 year old Andrew Robers of Fayet­teville, Ten­nessee who was …

Napoleon Police report a num­ber of com­plaints recently con­cern­ing coun­ter­feit cur­rency in Napoleon. Most of the funny money has so far been reported in the form of $20 bills, and police say each of the iden­ti­fied bills has had sim­i­lar or iden­ti­cal ser­ial num­bers. Police also say how­ever, some fake …

In Defi­ance, police have now released the names of those con­nected to the alleged “ille­gal casi­nos” that were raided last Thurs­day. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, Mar­vin Dabish, Robert Dabish and Nadia Dabish, all of Ore­gon, are the alleged own­ers and oper­a­tors of the Talk-N-Win Inter­net cafe in North­towne Mall. …

Maurice L. Rupp, age 97, passed away late Wednesday December 17, 2014 at Fairlawn Haven in Archbold. He was part owner of Delta Livestock Auction and retired in 1982. Mr. Rupp was born in Pettisville, Ohio on August 17, 1917 the son of Harvey B. and Mary Ann (Lantz) Rupp. …

Carolan S. Brickey, age 72, of rural Montpelier, Ohio, died at 8:50 P.M. on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where she had been a patient. Carolan had been disabled for several years, but prior to that had worked in factories, was a pharmacy …