State health offi­cials urg­ing Ohio res­i­dents to ensure they’re vac­ci­nated for measles and mumps say grad­u­a­tion cel­e­bra­tions and sum­mer travel can be oppor­tu­ni­ties for such dis­eases to spread if peo­ple don’t take pre­ven­ta­tive mea­sures. At least 396 cases of mumps have been con­firmed in an out­break of the con­ta­gious viral …

Con­gress­man Bob Latta held a series of lis­ten­ing ses­sions for vet­er­ans in his dis­trict this week amid con­cerns about the Depart­ment of Vet­er­ans Affairs report­edly delay­ing care and fab­ri­cat­ing doc­u­ments to cover it up. The meet­ings were held in Per­rys­burg, Find­lay and Definance

Nine peo­ple were injured when a school bus car­ry­ing 47 stu­dents col­lided with a dump truck in north­ern Indi­ana yes­ter­day. Seven stu­dents and two adults were taken to the hos­pi­tal, then returned to the Wawasee Mid­dle School in Syra­cuse, where they were met by school nurses while par­ents were noti­fied. …

Emer­gency crews responded to a crash involv­ing a big rig that the Jef­fer­son Avenue rail­road viaduct in Defi­ance yes­ter­day. No one was hurt, but dam­age was exten­sive. The top of the trailer was peeled off.

Melvin D. Stickley, age 74, passed away Tuesday evening, May 27, 2014 at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Melvin started his career in law enforcement working as a policeman for the Village of Archbold for two years. After that, he served as a Deputy Sheriff for Fulton County, retiring in 1990 …

The Bryan Parks and Recre­ation Depart­ment has announced that it will be offer­ing Water Aer­o­bics Classes at East End Pool this sum­mer. Water aer­o­bics helps burn calo­ries and tone mus­cles while let­ting you stay cool in the water. Accord­ing to instruc­tors, it’s a great work­out for men and women of …

The cost of dying may soon increase in Defi­ance. City council’s build­ings and lands com­mit­tee is dis­cussing increases in bur­ial and grave fees for River­side Ceme­tery in Defi­ance, after going over the num­bers and com­ing up with the con­clu­sion that a lot of money is spent on the ceme­tery, while …

The Steuben County High­way Depart­ment has announced that County Road 200 West between 100 North and the Angola City Lim­its will be shut down on Thurs­day for road­side work. Accord­ing to Steuben County Engi­neer Jen­nifer Sharkey, the work will likely take all day tomor­row to com­plete. If you need addi­tional …

We told you recently about the big auto auc­tion planned for Auburn ear­lier this month. Well, now the results are in, and they are quite impres­sive. Auc­tions Amer­ica offered more than 770 vehi­cles, and more than 87 per­cent of them were sold at the auc­tion, for a total of $19.1 …

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 …