Indi­ana State Police say they will be con­duct­ing a sobri­ety check­point in DeKalb County dur­ing the late evening hours on Fri­day. In an effort to reduce the num­ber of alcohol-related auto­mo­bile crashes, the sobri­ety check­point will tar­get the impaired dri­ver and will be uti­lized in an area iden­ti­fied as hav­ing …

Craig W. Parliment, Sr., age 66, of West Unity, passed away on Sunday, May 18, 2014, near Pioneer, as the result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Prior to his retirement in 1999 he had worked for General Motors Corporation for 30 years. Craig was born in Boonton, …

A two-vehicle crash Sun­day evening in Pauld­ing County left a Hicksville woman with seri­ous injuries. The Ohio High­way Patrol says it hap­pened Sun­day around 8:45 p.m. at U.S. 24 and Pauld­ing County Road 143 in Emer­ald Town­ship when a pick-up truck dri­ven by 19 year old Court­ney Schaf­fer and another …

A three-vehicle crash south of Pio­neer over this past week­end took the life of a motor­cy­clist. The Ohio High­way Patrol says 66 year old Craig Par­lia­ment of West Unity was stopped at the inter­sec­tion of Ohio 15 at U.S. 20 when he was hit from behind by a pickup truck …

The Red Cross is ask­ing for your help. They are des­per­ately in need of blood donors. The Amer­i­can Red Cross of Henry County will hold a Henry County South Joint Ambu­lance blood drive at the Sum­mer­fest build­ing in Ham­ler on Sat­ur­day from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Walk-ins are wel­come, how­ever you …

An Indi­ana man has been charged in a mur­der case dat­ing back to 2001. 49 year old Mark Fritz allegedly admit­ted to killing 70 year old Samuel Hunter in 2001, while he was drink­ing heav­ily ear­lier this year. Fritz has been arrested and charged with the mur­der of Hunter, whose …

A phone out­age that affected much of north­ern Indi­ana includ­ing Steuben County on Mon­day morn­ing is now being blamed on human error. Accord­ing to Fron­tier Com­mu­ni­ca­tions, a mis­take while pro­gram­ming some cir­cuits dur­ing rou­tine main­te­nance was behind the out­age which affected 9–1-1 lines, leav­ing fire­fight­ers through­out Steuben County stand­ing by …

Iva L. Burkholder, age 93, of Wauseon, passed away Saturday evening, May 17, 2014 at Heartland of Wauseon. She was born in Wauseon on June 25, 1920, the daughter of Ernest and Alta (Davis) Stevens. On May 7, 1946 she married Clarence “Bud” Burkholder, and he preceded her in death …

Patricia A. Rashley, age 76, of Wauseon, passed away Saturday morning, May 17, 2014 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg. She was born in Delta, Ohio on September 16, 1937, the daughter of Faye and Nancy (Williams) Wolcott. On December 14, 1956 she married Clifford Rashley, and he preceded …

Wilma M. Bernath, 82 years, of West Unity, passed away Friday, May 16, 2014 at Hillside Country Living, where she had been a resident the past two years.  Wilma was born November 28, 1931 in Ney, Ohio, the daughter of the late Fred and Alta Mae (Brubaker) Durham.  She was a 1949 …