Robert Brant Cunningham, age 63, of West Unity passed away Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at the University of Toledo Medical Center. Robert had worked as a Material Handler at the former Aro Corporation in Bryan prior to his retirement. He was a kidney transplant recipient in 1991 and was a …

Larry Jack Jackson, age 61, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:38 P.M. on Wednesday, September 10, 2014, in his home, surrounded by his family and friends. Jack had an Associate Degree in electronics and was employed as a computer technician and also operated his own truck contracting business with Bryan …

The Bryan police depart­ment asks that you save the date of Fri­day, Octo­ber 10. That’s when they present a pro­gram called Oper­a­tion Street Smart at the New Era Audi­to­rium on West Mul­berry Street in Bryan. They will edu­cate par­ents and teach­ers and social work­ers and any­body with reg­u­lar con­tact with …

The Henry County Fair­grounds will be home to the annual St. Augus­tine Tur­tle Fest Sat­ur­day and Sun­day. The 16th year. Sat­ur­day Mass is at 4:30 and the events start at 5:30 and run through mid­night. There will be tur­tle races and big screens will carry foot­ball while the Napoleon band …

A man from Con­ti­nen­tal indicted on scores off sex assault charges has been found com­pe­tent to stand trial in Henry County. A grand Jury indicted 60 year-old Mark Snuggs on 31 counts of sex­ual bat­tery, and 13 counts of rape. Those­hap­pened over a period from 1995 to 2012 and his …

A local man was sen­tenced in Defi­ance Com­mon Pleas Court to 10 years in prison for sell­ing heroin. 34 year-old Avion Franklin of Har­ri­son Avenue found guilty of three counts by Judge Joseph Schmenk. Pros­e­cu­tors say heroin has become epi­demic in the area and Franklin was one of the rea­sons. …

The Defi­ance County Genealog­i­cal Soci­ety will meet a week from this com­ing Mon­day to hear a his­to­rian speak about the Civil War Indi­ana Reg­i­ment formed in Fort Wayne but which had mem­bers from Defi­ance County. . Mon­day the 22nd at St. John United Church of Christ in Defiance.

Fans of Jane Austen nov­els can attend a Jane Austen-themed lawn party on Sep­tem­ber 21, a Sun­day, on the Defi­ance fort grounds. 18th cen­tury lawn games and a Regency-era fash­ion show. Lessons in the card game whist. Sit­tings for sil­hou­ettes. Guests are encour­aged to wear Regency-style attire. It is a …

While the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio became alarmed this week at rumors Toledo and Lucas County will with­draw from the regional jail and build their own, the CCNO is now tout­ing a new upgrade to its secu­rity sys­tem that will make it a state of the art cor­rec­tions facil­ity. …

The con­victed Ohio school shooter TJ Lane escaped from state prison in Lima last night and was caught about 5 hours later. The 19 year-old Lane, who killed three stu­dents at Chardon High School Cafe­te­ria in 2012, went on the run in west­ern Ohio after escap­ing with two other inmates …