In Adrian, a man who escaped from the County lock-up has turned him­self in. Lenawee County offi­cials say Scott Hen­ning, who escaped 10 days ago when the lock on his cell mal­func­tioned, turned him­self in Fri­day morn­ing after hav­ing been on the run for more than a week. Hen­ning was …

On Sun­day morn­ing, Bryan Police arrested 29 year old Daniel Vela of Pio­neer on a war­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court for fail­ure to pay fines. Vela wasn’t dif­fi­cult to locate. He was already behind bars at CCNO on a charge of fail­ing to rein­state his license and speed. He …

Lelah M. Knecht, 94 years, of San Antonio, Texas, and formerly of Bryan, Ohio and Munising, Michigan, passed away Monday, June 16, 2014 at Autumn Winds Retirement Lodge, Schertz, Texas.  Lelah was born September 6, 1919, in Williams County, Ohio, the daughter of the late John C. and Rosa (Walters) Knisely.  She …

Morris “Mose” Frappier, age 85, son of Edward L. and Blanche Frappier died on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at the Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice facility. Morris “Mose” Frappier was born on August 25, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a loving husband and father. Mose was a machinist at …

The Williams County Grand Jury has handed down a total of 39 indict­ments related to felony drug charges includ­ing indict­ments for pos­ses­sion of metham­phet­a­mine, heroin, cocaine, methadone, and oxy­codone. Indict­ments have also been handed down for traf­fick­ing and pos­ses­sion of syn­thetic mar­i­juana, traf­fick­ing in mar­i­juana, and in oxy­codone, along with …

A Mont­pe­lier man has been indicted on 10 crim­i­nal counts of child sex­ual abuse. 30 year old Randy Kirk­endall is charged with com­mit­ting the crimes against a 6 year old girl between last July and up until ear­lier this month. Among the charges against him, inves­ti­ga­tors say Kirk­endall pho­tographed the …

Flames destroyed a barn in Henry County. The Napoleon Fire Depart­ment was called to the barn fire Wednes­day after­noon just before 5 near Napoleon. Fire crews from Ridgeville Town­ship, Florida, Jew­ell and Mal­inta all pro­vided mutual aid. Hol­gate EMS also assisted. The barn, owned by the Stephen Strange fam­ily, was …

Christopher Michael-Earl McKeen, 8-month-old son of Timothy A.M. McKeen and Penni J. Lett, passed away suddenly at 1:14 A.M. on Monday, June 16, 2014, shortly after admittance to Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio. Christopher Michael-Earl McKeen was born on October 6, 2013, in Defiance, Ohio, and is survived by …

Clifford D. Quimby, Jr. 57 years, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014 in the emergency room at Wexner Medical Center of The Ohio State University.  Clifford was born July 20, 1956 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the son of the late Clifford D. and Ruth Amy (Nikolson) Quimby, Sr.  He …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil met Tues­day and decided to move for­ward with rate increases at River­side Ceme­tery. Coun­cil on Tues­day, approved an ordi­nance amend­ing cur­rent leg­is­la­tion con­cern­ing Riverside’s fee struc­ture. The River­side ordi­nance passed, 6–1, fol­low­ing a third read­ing. Fol­low­ing council’s action Tues­day, rates for con­tigu­ous River­side Ceme­tery grave lots will …