The Ohio High­way Patrol says a Defi­ance man was killed Tues­day evening in a two-vehicle crash. Police report that 58 year old Gary Say­lor was pro­nounced dead at the scene on Ohio 15, south of Schick Road. Accord­ing to the High­way Patrol, a vehi­cle dri­ven by 18 year old Brit­tany …

The Exec­u­tive Com­mit­tee of the Board of Trustees of North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege informs us they plan to meet today at 12:00 noon in the McDougle Cen­ter. Plans call for dis­cus­sion and review of agenda items in prepa­ra­tion for their reg­u­lar Board of Trustees meet­ing on Fri­day, August 1st. Inter­est­ingly …

Back in 2011, faced with mount­ing finan­cial pres­sures, the United States Postal Ser­vice iden­ti­fied 3,700 post office loca­tions which they termed “under­uti­lized”, to be stud­ied for pos­si­ble clo­sure. Locally, those post offices included the Scott and Latty post offices in Pauld­ing County, Pet­tisville in Ful­ton County and Ridgeville Cor­ners in …

More money is on the way for the Women, Infants, Chil­dren, or WIC pro­gram, in Williams County. That was just one of the many announce­ments made this week at a meet­ing of The Williams County Board of Health. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, at the Williams County Board of Health …

Two Edon res­i­dents were among those indicted Tues­day by a Williams County Grand Jury. 43 year old Alando Smith and 29 year old Jena Thiel were indicted on charges includ­ing drug traf­fick­ing and child endan­ger­ment. The Bryan Times reports that both are now charged with ille­gal man­u­fac­ture of drugs within …

A vio­lent two vehi­cle crash Mon­day after­noon has left a Swan­ton man in crit­i­cal con­di­tion. The Ohio High­way Patrol reports that 34 year old Derek Molina was dri­ving east on Frank­fort Road just before 6 Mon­day evening, as 35 year old Cor­rie Nijakowski, also of Swan­ton, was dri­ving north on …

Bryan Police report a two vehi­cle acci­dent on Mon­day after­noon in Bryan. Police say 25 year old Brit­tany Payne of Michi­gan, and 30 year old Tiffany M. Bauer Bryan were both east­bound on High Street. Accord­ing to the police report, Bauer stopped for traf­fic at Buf­falo Road. That’s when Payne’s …

Jessie “Bobby” Courtney, 92, of Montpelier passed away Monday morning at Hillside Country Living in rural Bryan.  She was born on March 2, 1922 in Jefferson Township to Louis E. and Effie May (Housman) Courtney.  Bobby graduated from Montpelier High School in 1940.  At one time she was a phone operator for General …

Patricia A. Falco, 77, of Montpelier passed away Sunday morning at home.  She was born on June 23, 1937 in Gary, Indiana to Howard E. and Beulah A. (Harmon) Bechtol.  Patti graduated from Montpelier High School in 1955.  She married Dominic “Mickey” M. Falco and he preceded her in death in April 2000. …

A new fire truck might be on the way for Pio­neer Vil­lage. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, dis­cus­sion of mak­ing a pur­chase before the August dead­line for the upcom­ing levy was post­poned until Pio­neer vil­lage council’s next meet­ing, but coun­cil is begin­ning to look into pric­ing. Bor­row­ing from the village’s …