If Steven Noff­singer is found guilty, he won’t be fac­ing the death penalty. That option was taken off the table Mon­day dur­ing a pre­trial hear­ing for the 58 year old Defi­ance res­i­dent who is accused of mur­der­ing his then 29 year old ex-wife, Alma Noff­singer back in 1981. Also dur­ing …

Flames at a Defi­ance fast food restau­rant on Mon­day morn­ing sent two peo­ple to the hos­pi­tal. The blaze broke out early yes­ter­day morn­ing, just before 4:30, at McDonald’s on E. Sec­ond St., in Defi­ance. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, one Defi­ance fire­fighter was taken to Mercy Defi­ance Hos­pi­tal after cut­ting …

In Edger­ton, fol­low­ing about six years of dis­agree­ments, it now looks like a hand­ful of prop­erty own­ers have finally agreed to a solu­tion to their flood­ing issues. The Williams County Board of Com­mis­sion­ers on Mon­day unan­i­mously backed a plan by the county engineer’s office to spend about $60,000 for drainage …

Mary E. “Betty” Kyser, age 95, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 9:32 A.M. on Monday, September 15, 2014, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, where she had been a resident. For many years in the 1950s and 1960s, she managed the Williams Variety Store in Stryker. She and her …

M. Thomas Sechler, age 75, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:52 P.M. on Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. Mr. Sechler was a 1957 graduate of Edgerton High School and served in the United States Army from 1961-1963. He was a self-employed carpenter, …

Sandra J. Fitzenrider, age 70, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:35 A.M. on Saturday, September 13, 2014, in her home, surrounded by family, after an extended illness. Sandra was a 1961 graduate of Edgerton High School and worked for The Aro Corporation for many years and later retired from Air-way …

An attrac­tion at the Williams County fair attracted some atten­tion from ani­mal rights activists. For the sec­ond con­sec­u­tive year, an ele­phant ride was offered at the fair last week. And once again, PETA… The Peo­ple For The Eth­i­cal Treat­ment Of Ani­mals, has com­plained. The group sent report­edly sent an email …

A Defi­ance native, once known for find­ing a vast trea­sure of gold that had sat on the bot­tom of the ocean for more than 131 years, is now a wanted man. Tommy Thomp­son has been wanted for the past two years by the U.S. Mar­shals Ser­vice, who has hunted Thomp­son …

A two-vehicle crash over the week­end in Hicksville Town­ship that left two peo­ple hurt is still under inves­ti­ga­tion today. The Ohio High­way Patrol says the crash hap­pened just after mid­night Sat­ur­day on Ohio 18, near Casebeer-Miller Road, when a vehi­cle dri­ven by 58 year old Oscar Pieper of Pauld­ing ran …

Get set to see the leg­endary Bud­weiser Clydes­dales. The world-famous Bud­weiser Clydes­dales will be mak­ing a stop this week in Defi­ance. The eight-horse hitch team and famous red wagon will appear at the Han­cock County Fair­grounds in Find­lay on Fri­day, from 4–6 p.m. The horses will also appear at the …