Two peo­ple in Henry County were arrested fol­low­ing a theft inves­ti­ga­tion. The Henry County Sheriff’s office says 38 year old Erica Simon, and 37 year old Frank Simon, both from the Mal­inta area were both taken into cus­tody. Erica Simon has been charged with theft; Frank Simon has been arrested …

Lorena L. Allen, age 95, of Lyons, passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at Fulton Manor in Wauseon, where she had resided only one day. Prior to her retirement she had worked at the former Miller’s Super Market in Wauseon for many years. Lorena was born in Lyons, Ohio on …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office says 55 year old Colleen Schlosser of Eden was involved in a sin­gle vehi­cle acci­dent on Mon­day morn­ing on County Road 1.5 just south of US-20 in North­west Town­ship, when she hit a deer that ran onto the high­way. Her vehi­cle sus­tained minor dam­age. No …

Gov. John Kasich is com­ing to Williams County. The gov­er­nor plans to stop at a local farm in our area late this after­noon. Accord­ing to the governor’s press office, he will be stop­ping between 5:30–6:30 this after­noon at the Glen New­comber farm south of Bryan. Every­one is wel­come to stop …

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 …