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. …

Police say a reported sui­cide attempt led to an arrest with felony charges on Tues­day. It all began accord­ing to police, when 38 yea rold Duane Perez of Pleas­ant Street in Mont­pe­lier, threat­ened to swal­low a whole bot­tle of uniden­ti­fied med­ica­tions. Offi­cers showed up, and that’s when Perez began kick­ing …

Paul Thomas (Tom) Prosser, 89, passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2014. Tom was preceded in death by his wife Marion Prosser. Survivors: Son, Tom Prosser and wife Nita of Arlington, Texas; Paige Walker, granddaughter and Alisha Walker great granddaughter of Lake Mary, Florida; Steve Yarnnell, grandson and wife Casie and …

James E. Zeller, age 93, of Wauseon passed away late Monday September 22, 2014 at Heartland of Wauseon. After starting his career with The Kroger Company, in 1949 Jim purchased Jim’s Red and White which he owned with his wife Virginia. He also co-owned with his wife Virginia the former …

Eldean R. Shaffer, age 80, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Monday, September 22, 2014,surrounded by her loved ones at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. She was born on August 3, 1934, in DeKalb County, Indiana, the daughter of Roscoe and Doris (Rose) Platt. Eldean was a 1952 …

Irvin M. “Hoot” Kimpel, age 98, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 5:00 P.M. on Monday, September 22, 2014, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where he was a resident. Mr. Kimpel attended Edgerton High School and was a lifelong farmer and substitute mail carrier in Edgerton for thirty years. …

A man from Cecil is dead fol­low­ing an explo­sion and barn fire on Pauld­ing County Road 8. It hap­pened on Sun­day morn­ing just before 11. Offi­cials say 25 year old Mike Froelich was weld­ing in the bed of a pickup truck near the fuel tank when the tank exploded. Froelich’s …