In Napoleon, the city Fire Chief Robert Ben­nett has been placed on admin­is­tra­tive leave. Ben­nett was place on leave, effec­tive last Fri­day after­noon. Now, Assis­tant Fire Chief Tony Druhot is serv­ing as act­ing chief of the depart­ment. City Offi­cials will not com­ment on the sit­u­a­tion, only say­ing pub­licly that an …

Roof leaks and other issues are pus­ing the Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers to exam­ine the county cour­t­house and get pro­fes­sional rec­om­men­da­tions to fix the prob­lems. Engi­neers spent Mon­day inspect­ing the four-story, 126-year-old cour­t­house in down­town Bryan. The Bryan Times reports that they walked the inte­rior of the build­ing and also used …

The Henry County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Bureau of Crim­i­nal Inves­ti­ga­tion, con­ducted an air sweep for mar­i­juana last Fri­day. A heli­copter was pro­vided by the But­ler County Sheriff’s Office, at no charge to Henry County. The mar­i­juana erad­i­ca­tion cam­paign spot­ted 21 mar­i­juana plants grow­ing in Henry County. Mar­i­juana was …

Doyle C. Miller, age 70, of Edon, Ohio, died at 2:35 A.M. on Saturday, September 27, 2014, in his home, surrounded by family, after an extended illness. Mr. Miller attended North Central High School and was employed by Fifty Plus Five in West Unity, Ohio, for fifteen years until the …

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 …