In antic­i­pa­tion of increased traf­fic dur­ing the Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day, the Ohio State High­way Patrol is remind­ing dri­vers to buckle up every trip, every time. Last year dur­ing the Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day week­end, 17 peo­ple were killed in 15 fatal crashes on Ohio’s road­ways. Seven of the 17 fatal­i­ties, 41 per­cent, were …

Bronson Joseph Sanders, 3 months, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:18 A.M. on Saturday, November 22, 2014, shortly after admittance to Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio. He was born on August 21, 2014, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the son of Cory Joseph and Brittany Alyse (Cooley) Sanders. Survivors include …

Arnell Johnson, age 62, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:22 A.M. on Friday, November 21, 2014, in his home. Arnell was born on September 28, 1952, to Charles and Carrie (Jenkins) Johnson. He is survived by six children, Arnella, Sheena, Arnell, Jenell, Taylor and Cordell; one grandchild, Marley; three sisters, …

Carolyn A. Henricks, age 51, of rural Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:20 A.M. on Thursday, November 20, 2014, in her home after a long battle with cancer. Carol was a 1982 graduate of Hicksville High School and operated her own home cleaning business. She was a member of the Melbern …

Alfred I. “Al” Sette Jr., 84, of Bryan and formerly of rural Camden Michigan, passed away Thursday morning at Fountain Park Inn and Villas in Bryan. He was born on June 7, 1930 in Cleveland, Ohio to Alfred C. and Ann (Tielke) Sette, Sr. He attended Pioneer High School and …

A drug bust in Bryan on Fri­day night. Bryan Police nabbed 18 year old Ali­cia Luke of Edger­ton, charg­ing her with Pos­ses­sion of Mar­i­juana and Pos­ses­sion of Drug Para­pher­nala. Luke was processed and then released. She’ll be back in court at a future time to face those charges. Also on …

A crash Fri­day night that took the life of a Hicksville man remains under inves­ti­ga­tion today. The Ohio High­way Patrol says 41 year old James Cum­mings was pro­nounced dead fol­low­ing the two-vehicle crash in Hicksville Town­ship, Defi­ance County. It hap­pened around 9:20p.m. on Ohio 2, one half mile east of …

Some area food pantries have enough food. Oth­ers how­ever, need more… some a lot more. In Defi­ance County, most food pantries report so far so good, but some in Defi­ance say a rise in the num­ber of clients brings with it a great need for more dona­tions. At the Catholic …

Each day, count­less peo­ple make a pos­i­tive impact on north­west Ohio, and the North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege Foun­da­tion is offer­ing an oppor­tu­nity to rec­og­nize and cel­e­brate those who have. The NSCC Foun­da­tion is accept­ing nom­i­na­tions for the 2014 Mak­ing a Dif­fer­ence Award in the cat­e­gories of indi­vid­ual, busi­ness and orga­ni­za­tion. …

Com­mis­sion­ers from four local coun­ties — Defi­ance, Ful­ton, Henry and Pauld­ing — have decided to can­cel their coop­er­a­tive agree­ment with the Regional Port Author­ity of North­west Ohio. The local entity was cre­ated in 2008 by com­mis­sion­ers from all those coun­ties as a way to lever­age fund­ing for eco­nomic devel­op­ment projects. …