Pauld­ing County Sher­iff Jason Lan­ders says he plans to hold a series of town hall meet­ings over the next few weeks through­out the county to seek the publics input in regards to plac­ing a jail oper­at­ing levy on the Novem­ber bal­lot. The meet­ings will take place at all eight fire …

A ded­i­ca­tion cer­e­mony at Four County Career Cen­ter, includ­ing an open house for res­i­dents of Williams, Defi­ance, Ful­ton, and Henry coun­ties is planned for Aug. 21st, when vis­i­tors will have their first chance to view the work. A $4 mil­lion project, begin­ning in 2012, involved three phases. Ini­tially, a new …

A Bryan man who was one of four per­sons arrested on metham­phet­a­mine related charges in drug bust back in April at a home near Hamil­ton entered into a plea agree­ment on Mon­day in Steuben Supe­rior Court. 34-year-old Joseph Cotrell pled guilty to a felony charge of aid­ing in the man­u­fac­ture …

Velma “Jo” Ruffer, age 82, of Stryker, passed away early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014 at the Community Hospital and Wellness Center in Bryan. Jo was born in Defiance on May 29, 1932, the daughter of William and Sarah (Roehrig) Steingass. On April 4, 1954 she married Jack M. Ruffer, …

Shirley Ann Graf (Wolf), 78, of Wauseon, Ohio left our world to be with the Lord Saturday July 12, 2014 at the Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center in Defiance, Ohio. She passed peacefully in the night after a short, courageous battle with cancer. On April 3, 1936, God sent an …

Larry P. Chaffins, 67 years, of Auburn, passed away Friday, July 11, 2014 in his residence with his family by his side.  Larry was born August 1, 1946 in Garrett, Kentucky, the son of the late W. Hiatt and Helen M. (Bradley) Chaffins.  He was a 1964 graduate of Garrett High School, …

Terry Lynn Stark, age 57, of Swanton, Ohio, passed away on July 4 2014, at Ebeid Hospice Residency in Sylvania, Ohio. He was born on April 16, 1957, in Bryan, Ohio. A graduate of Bryan High School (‘75), Terry moved to Toledo, Ohio, where he worked for several area sign …

In West Unity, the sewer rates were dis­cussed at last Thursday’s coun­cil meet­ing. An audit that was done recently for 2012–13, showed a deficit spend­ing for the village’s sewer plant oper­a­tion, and coun­cil learned last week that cur­rent sewer rate income will not meet loan oblig­a­tions. Good news for the …

A new health tech­nol­ogy sys­tem will be avail­able in Williams, Ful­ton, Defi­ance and Van Wert coun­ties begin­ning tomor­row. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, Parkview Physi­cians Group will begin to use “MyChart,” a secure and con­fi­den­tial web-based tool that allows patients to com­mu­ni­cate with their doctor’s offices and access many of …

The State High­way Patrols says a woman was seri­ously injured last Thurs­day evening in a three-vehicle crash in San­dusky County. Troop­ers say it hap­pened when a car dri­ven by 52 year old Teresa Miller of Defi­ance, head­ing east­bound on U.S. 6, attempted to pass a semi. A west­bound semi was …