A Defi­ance woman is now fac­ing two charges, includ­ing attempted aggra­vated mur­der, in con­nec­tion with a shoot­ing inci­dent last month involv­ing her estranged hus­band. 44 year old Pauletta Sali­nas was indicted Thurs­day by a Defi­ance County Grand Jury on a list of charges stem­ming from the inci­dent, includ­ing firearms charges. …

Early Thurs­day morn­ing, Bryan Police arrested 29 year old Cecil C. Web­ster. Web­ster was nabbed on a Felony War­rant from the She­boy­gan County Sheriff’s Depart­ment, She­boy­gan, Wis­con­sin. The charge for that war­rant was Escape. Web­ster was taken to CCNO where he was locked up, most likely await­ing extra­di­tion back to …

Donna L. Young, 96 years, of Downers Grove, Illinois, and formerly of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Tuesday afternoon, August 5, 2014 at Arbor Terrace in Alpharetta, Georgia, where she was a resident.  Donna was born March 16, 1918 in Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of the late Earl L. and Cloris M. …

William Edward Vollmer, age 60, of Alvordton, Ohio, died suddenly at 3:50 A.M. on Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, Ohio. Mr. Vollmer graduated from Fullerton (California) High School in 1972 and then from Western Michigan University, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in …

As the new school year is set to get under­way, the Ohio High­way Patrol is remind­ing dri­vers to watch out for stopped school buses on the road­ways. Dri­vers are cau­tioned to stop at least 10 feet back when approach­ing a school bus from either direc­tion if it has it’s flash­ing …

Defiance’s River­side Ceme­tery has been in the news a lot over the past cou­ple of months. The ceme­tery was once again a major topic of dis­cus­sion on Tues­day night at the Defi­ance City Coun­cil meet­ing. The Cres­cent News reports that dur­ing a July meet­ing, it was learned that River­side Ceme­tery …

The Bryan Area Foun­da­tion announced Wednes­day, that appli­ca­tions for the 2014–2015 Grants Pro­gram are now avail­able to 501©(3) non­profit orga­ni­za­tions in the Bryan area. The Foun­da­tion has nearly $300,000 avail­able for com­mu­nity grants. Thou­sands of dol­lars of grant funds are awarded each year from des­ig­nated, orga­ni­za­tional endow­ment, donor advised funds, …

As sched­uled, the Bryan City Board of Edu­ca­tion met in spe­cial ses­sion Wednes­day morn­ing to final­ize some per­son­nel issues prior to the start of the new school year. At yesterday’s meet­ing, sev­eral limited-one year con­tracts were approved for sev­eral teach­ers. Megan Lytle was brought on board as a high school …

Robert A. Gray, 27, of Pioneer passed away Monday as the result of a motorcylce accident in rural Montpelier.  He was born on April 22, 1987 in Bryan, Ohio to Robert R. and Ann M. (Krauss) Gray.  Robert graduated from Bryan High School in 2005 and then earned his Bachelor’s Degree in …

Carter Ryan Pettit, of Wauseon, was stillborn Sunday, August 3, 2014 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  He is the son of Jolene J. Pettit, also of Wauseon. In addition to his mother, Carter is survived by his sister, Shaelee Pettit and his grandmother, Theresa Pettit. Memorial services for Carter …