On Fri­day, a man from Angola was for­mally charged with hav­ing a home made weapon in his pos­ses­sion while he was an inmate at the Steuben County Jail last May. 38 year old Richard Nagel is now charged with being a Pris­oner in Pos­ses­sion of a Dan­ger­ous Device or Mate­r­ial …

Some money for some local law enforce­ment efforts… The Ohio Depart­ment of Pub­lic Safety’s Traf­fic Safety Office has awarded $26,417 in fed­eral traf­fic safety fund­ing to the Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office plans to put the money to use to fund sev­eral blitz cam­paigns, includ­ing their par­tic­i­pa­tion in …

Betty J. Bishop, 88 years, formerly of Alvordton, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at her home in Bryan.  Betty was born May 11, 1926 in DuPont, Ohio the daughter of the late George W. and Eula B. (Elser) King.  She was a 1944 graduate of Alvordton High School.  She married Ralph Emerson …

Lawrence (Larry) R. Christy, age 67, of rural Stryker, passed away Wednesday morning, Oct. 1, 2014 at Regency Hospital in Sylvania. For 40 years he had been the Sports Director for WMTR Radio in Northwest Ohio. Larry was born in Wauseon, Ohio on July 31, 1947, the son of Mike …

Isabelle “Issy” Stantz, age 89, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:51 P.M. on Sunday, September 28, 2014, in her home, surrounded by her family, after an extended illness. Mrs. Stantz was employed by the Ohio Art Company on the Etch-A-Sketch line, retiring in 1983, receiving a gold Etch-A-Sketch for her …

David W. Robinson, age 47, of Sherwood, Ohio, passed away at 10:05 P.M. on Monday, September 29, 2014, at Mercy Hospital of Defiance, Ohio, surrounded by family and friends, after an extended illness. David was a 1985 graduate of Edon (Ohio) High School and attended Ohio Northern University, where he …

Larry G. Johnston, age 60, of Wauseon, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at his home, surrounded by his family. Larry worked for General Motors for 38 years.  He was also a basketball official and softball umpire for the OHSAA and a member of UAW Local 14. He had a passion …

A Bryan res­i­dent is wak­ing up this morn­ing behind bars at CCNO. Bryan Police say that on Tues­day night, just before mid­night, they arrested 57 year old Lynn Rupp of Wal­nut Street in Bryan. Rupp was charged for vio­lat­ing a Tem­po­rary Pro­tec­tion Order.

Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties is cel­e­brat­ing Pub­lic Power Week, Oct. 5–11, along with more than 2,000 other community-owned elec­tric util­i­ties across the U.S. that pro­vide elec­tric­ity on a not-for-profit basis. As part of the cel­e­bra­tion of Pub­lic Power Week, Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties is invit­ing com­mu­nity mem­bers to attend an open house …

An autopsy report was released late Tues­day in con­nec­tion with the death of a Defi­ance man, whose body was found in the water along River­side Ceme­tery in Defi­ance late Mon­day after­noon. Results of that autopsy show that 28 year old Mark Esparza of Defi­ance, died from drown­ing, how­ever tox­i­col­ogy results …