Bryan Police made an arrest last night around 9:20, when they nabbed 54 year old Ray Ridg­way of 804 Haver Drive, Bryan, and charged him with Dis­or­derly Con­duct and Pos­ses­sion of Mar­i­juana. AFter being processed, Ridg­way was released.

Fol­low­ing some recent van­dal­ism, cam­eras have now been installed at the vil­lage park in Antwerp. Antwerp Police say a num­ber of van­dal­ism cases, includ­ing one inci­dent of a razor blade attached to a swing set, have been reported. Those inci­dents lead coun­cil to call for the instal­la­tion of cam­eras in …

Chief Super­mar­ket in Bryan is spon­sor­ing a sum­mer patio party wine and beer tast­ing on Fri­day, June 27 with an open house from 6–8 p.m. It’s all to ben­e­fit The Red Cross of Williams and Ful­ton Coun­ties. Selected wines and beer will be avail­able to sam­ple at Chief in Bryan …

The Ohio Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion has issued a traf­fic advi­sory again today In Defi­ance County. There will be lane clo­sures again today on U.S. 24 at the bridges between mile­posts 3.5 and 5.5. Clo­sures will also occur in the city of Defi­ance over bridges there on Ohio 15. The clo­sures …

An Angola man was sen­tenced Mon­day in Steuben Court to three years of a six year sen­tence after plead­ing guilty to a Class B felony of Crim­i­nal Deviant Con­duct. The plea bar­gain agree­ment with pros­e­cu­tors was reached with 27-year-old Kile Stock­ert, who was also placed on pro­ba­tion for two years. …

A rare find is on dis­play right now at the Early Ford V-8 Foun­da­tion Museum in Auburn. A rare stain­less steel Ford, that dates back to the 1930s, and is so shiny it’s con­sid­ered a mir­ror on wheels, is one of six 1936 stain­less steel Fords pro­duced by the Ford …

Blood is always in short sup­ply, or so it seems. The sum­mer sea­son, with vaca­tions and folks trav­el­ing, cre­ates an addi­tional strain on sup­plies. How­ever, the Amer­i­can Red Cross Blood­mo­bile held last Thurs­day in Bryan at the Bryan Knights of Colum­bus Hall was a big suc­cess, with 98 units col­lected. …

Robert D. Fockler, age 74, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, June 14, 2014, at his home. Mr. Fockler was a self-employed contractor. He was known as a painter, handy-man and mechanic. Robert enjoyed doing puzzles, fishing, old country music and country-western movies. Robert Dean Fockler was born on …

Carolyn R. Whetro, age 75, of Antwerp, Ohio, and formerly a longtime resident of Edgerton, Ohio, died unexpectedly in her home early on Friday, June 13, 2014. A 1957 graduate of Bryan High School, she was also a longtime member of the Edgerton Church of Christ. She attended Paulding County …

Donnie L. Stewart, 60 years, of Bryan, passed away unexpectedly, on Friday, June 13, 2014 in his residence.  Donnie was born July 7, 1953 in Pineville, Kentucky, the son of the late Robert and Katherine (Siler) Stewart.  He was a 1971 graduate of Defiance High School, then attended Northwest State Community College.  He …