Martin L. “Marty” Sheets, 93 years, of Defiance, passed away Saturday, September 27, 2014 at his residence with his family at his side.  Mr. Sheets was born May 3, 1921 in Adams Township, Defiance County, Ohio, the son of the late Frank and Anna (Siler) Sheets.  An Army veteran of WWII, Martin …

Bryan Police are inves­ti­gat­ing two hit-skip acci­dents that hap­pened recently. The first occured last Wednes­day, and involved a 14-year-old girl who was rid­ing to school on her bicy­cle. Police report the girl was ped­al­ing west through the north-side cross walk at South Wal­nut Street and East Maple Street, near the …

The Cres­cent News reports that Defi­ance Police responded to an inci­dent involv­ing gun­fire Thurs­day evening. Police say it was around 8:20 Thurs­day evening that offi­cers were called to the vicin­ity of South Clin­ton and Sun­day streets for a report of a gun being fired. Wit­nesses reported see­ing a man run­ning …

Bryan Police were kept busy over the week­end. On Sat­ur­day, they arrested 27 year old Trevor D. Hutchi­son of Bryan, charg­ing him with Crim­i­nal Dam­ag­ing and Bur­glary. He was taken to CCNO. Also on Sat­ur­day, police col­lared 57 year old Lynn M. Rupp of Wal­nut Street in Bryan, charg­ing him …

Mary Jane Vold, age 87, of Napoleon, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, surrounded by her loved ones at Lutheran Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Napoleon. She was a member of the Union Chapel Church of God near Bryan. Born January 29, 1927 in Jackson County, Michigan, Mary …

Robert Hancock, age 83, of Napoleon and formerly of Huyck Lake, Michigan and Stryker, Ohio passed away late Tuesday September 23, 2014 at Orchards of Northcrest in Napoleon. Prior to his retirement he had worked alongside his late wife, Phyllis in their two businesses in Stryker, Hancock Oil Company and …

Joan K. Leidy, 82, of Pioneer passed away Tuesday night at Hillside Country Living in rural Bryan.  A very proud Canadian citizen all her life, she was born in Campbellford, Ontario, Canada on January 5, 1932 to Daniel Neil and Gracia Rebecca (LaFontaine) O’Keefe.  Joan graduated from Campbellford High School in 1950.  On …

The Ohio State High­way Patrol will be join­ing forces with other mem­bers of the 6-State Trooper Project to focus on mar­i­juana and Crim­i­nal Patrol enforce­ment. The ini­tia­tive will take place begin­ning today, through Sun­day. This high-visibility enforce­ment effort will include the Indi­ana State Police, Ken­tucky State Police, Michi­gan State Police, …

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office is hunt­ing for a non-compliant sex offender. An arrest war­rant out of Steuben Supe­rior Court has been issued for 26-year-old Corey Wits­man, who police say failed to reg­is­ter as a sex offender. Steuben County court doc­u­ments show that Wits­man was charged in Decem­ber 2012 in …

Accord­ing to infor­ma­tion obtained from Four County Career Cen­ter, the Cos­me­tol­ogy Salon will open to the pub­lic on Octo­ber 2. Clinic hours this year are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thurs­day and Fri­day. Walk-ins and appoint­ments are accepted, how­ever no appoint­ments or cus­tomers will be accepted after 1 p.m. …