A blown trans­former turned out the lights for a num­ber of homes and busi­nesses in Defi­ance on Wednes­day. The trans­former mal­func­tioned around 10:30 yes­ter­day morn­ing on Qual­ity Drive, affect­ing as many as 500 cus­tomers. Traf­fic lights in the area were also affected, and city work­ers rushed in to direct traf­fic …

Put­nam County is get­ting $100,000 from the Ohio Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency for a glass recy­cling ini­tia­tive which will kick off on June first. The money will be used to pur­chase glass col­lec­tion bins and roll-off con­tain­ers and upgrade the present trans­fer sta­tion. The announce­ment Wednes­day came fol­low­ing a year in …

A teenager has pleaded guilty in Angola to con­spir­acy to com­mit mur­der. 19 year old Tyler Lee Biggs faced charges of mur­der and con­spir­acy to com­mit mur­der, both felonys that could have put him away for as long as 50 years. If a judge accepts the guilty plea, the mur­der …

The Ohio High­way Patrol says a woman was seri­ously injured when the car she was dri­ving crashed on State Rt. 66 near Arch­bold Wednes­day. 19 year old Ashtyn Baker was dri­ving north near mile­post 9 in Ful­ton County’s Franklin Town­ship at about 1:15 yes­ter­day morn­ing when she drove off the …

Harold (Wayne) Chappuis, age 89, of Stryker passed away late Monday evening May 12, 2014 at the Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home in Archbold where he had been a resident since September 2013. Wayne was born on June 9, 1924 in Stryker, Ohio the son of the late Harold A. and …

Patrick C. Williams, age 66, of rural Wauseon, passed away suddenly on Monday, May 12, 2014, at the Fulton County Health Center. Pat served in the U.S. Air Force for 36 years, starting at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton and then the 180th Fighter Wing of the Air National …

William G. Freed, 79 years, of Bryan, passed away Monday, May 12, 2014 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, under the care of Hospice.  Bill was born July 5, 1934 in Montpelier to the late Harry and Evelyn (Clougher) Freed.  He was a 1952 graduate of Bryan High School.  Bill served in the United …

A job well done by local shop­pers! Chief Super­mar­kets held Good Neigh­bor Day April 22, and accord­ing to the Bryan Times, patrons of the store here in Bryan did a won­der­ful job con­tribut­ing to north­west Ohio fam­i­lies who need assis­tance. Chief, on April 22nd, agreed to donate a per­cent­age of …

The sixth annual Motor­cy­cle Aware­ness Day Parade is set to take place this Sat­ur­day morn­ing at 9:30 in Defi­ance. May is Motor­cy­cle Safety Aware­ness Month, and the parade and events this week­end will pro­vide some­thing for every­one, whether you ride or not. In the past, the parade has drawn more …

Angola Police say two peo­ple broke into a home wield­ing a BB pis­tol and a knife taped to a three-foot metal club last week­end. The two said they were look­ing for some­one named To Jo and wanted cash for an X Box. The home­owner later said he had no clue …