Frederick M. “Fred” Morrison, 87 years, of Auburn, Indiana and a former life-long resident of Sherwood, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at Smith Farms Manor, Auburn, Indiana, where he was a resident.  Fred was born August 14, 1926 in Seminary, Kentucky, the son of the late Thomas and Mary …

Karen Ann Hite, age 61, of Fayette, Ohio, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2014 at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Karen was born on October 10, 1952, the daughter of George J. and Louise (Baumea) Hughes. On August 17, 1996 she married Howard Hite, and he preceded her in death in …

Barton E. Rowe, 94 years, of Bryan, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2014 at Hillside Country Living, Bryan.  Barton was born December 13, 1919 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the son of the late Harold E. and Hannah M. (Truitt) Rowe.  He was a 1937 graduate of East Cleveland High School.  Bart served in the …

Joshua L. Johnson, 34 years, of West Unity, passed away Friday, May 23, 2014 in West Unity.  Josh was born September 3, 1979 in Bryan, Ohio, the son of Edward L. and Sheila M. (King) Johnson.  He was a 1997 graduate of Hilltop High School as well as a 1998 graduate of …

Jik James Leaman, 56 years, of Fremont, Indiana, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2014 at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola.  Jik was born February 25, 1958 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the son of James Roscoe and Billymae (Southern) Leaman.  He was a 1976 graduate of Hamilton High School.  Jik was a mechanic at …

Connie J. Lantz, age 57, of Delta passed away early Saturday May 24, 2014 in her home following an extended illness. Connie had been a Rural Mail Carrier for many years in Delta. Connie was born in Morenci, Michigan on August 29, 1956 the daughter of the late Emerson D. …

Bryan Police say they arrested 24 year old Mark E. Coul­ter of Arch­bold for Dis­or­derly Con­duct over the week­end. He was released. On Sun­day, Bryan Police arrested 25 year old Andrew J. Lautzen­heiser of Hamil­ton, Indi­ana for Crim­i­nal Dam­ag­ing. He too was released. Also on Sun­day, Bryan Police say 36 …

A new agri­cul­tural museum is planned in Michi­gan that, when fin­ished, would include a col­lec­tion of 6,000 farm toys as well as dis­plays on the his­tory of agri­cul­ture and agri­cul­ture tech­nol­ogy. The Daily Telegram of Adrian reports the 30,000-square-foot museum would be built in Bliss­field. The museum is designed as …

The Defi­ance County Sher­iff is warn­ing home­own­ers of another scam mak­ing the rounds. Here’s how it works… Some­body is using an app to manip­u­late Caller ID to make it appear that the per­son on the phone is a Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Deputy. The Sher­iff says a scam­mer called one per­son …

A new report from the state says 18,000 chil­dren were reported miss­ing in Ohio last year. The report says all but a hand­ful were found safely and those who remain miss­ing are sus­pected run­aways. The 2013 Ohio Miss­ing Chil­dren Clear­ing­house Report from the state attor­ney general’s office says 450 adults …