A Hicksville man was sen­tenced Mon­day in Steuben Supe­rior Court to 6 years in prison after he entered a guilty plea to a bur­glary charge. 23-year-old Jason Steck­ley was also placed on pro­ba­tion for two years, after hav­ing two years of his sen­tence sus­pended. Steck­ley will also have to pay …

Jarad J. Sharp, 26 years, of Sherwood, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2014 due to injuries received in an automobile accident.  Jarad was born August 26, 1987 in Bryan to James A. Sharp and Tracy M. Dalton.  He was employed by Manufactured Housing, Inc. for the past two years.  Prior to this he …

Edward Francis Keefe, 88 years of age, and after a very full life, passed away on Friday, May 9, 2014 at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey, Michigan.  He was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 27, 1925 to Edward J. and Mary Frances (Scallen) Keefe.  He graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas …

Judith L. (Lautermilch) Martinez, 60 years, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away Saturday, Mary 10, 2014 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana..  Judy was born June 18, 1953 in Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of the late Paul and Vanda R. (Phillips) Lautermilch.  She attended Fairview High School.  Judy was employed by several …

Robert D. Phegley, 70, of Alvortdon and formerly of Reading, Michigan passed away at home on Friday May 9th.  He was born on January 24, 1944 in Hillsdale, Michigan to Doyle and Wilma (Perkins) Phegley. No services will be held.

Roger L. Morrell, age 72 of Montpelier passed away May 10, 2014 after a 3+ year battle with cancer.  Born Roger LeRoy Morrell August 8, 1941 in Argos, Indiana to Gabriel and Rose Ellen (Jones) Morrell.  He attended school in Argos, Indiana and was an avid basketball and baseball player. In 1966 …

Tomor­row is the big day… It’s grad­u­a­tion day for 405 stu­dents at North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege. The com­mence­ment cer­e­mony is set to get under­way at 2pm Sat­ur­day, just north of the atrium. The keynote speaker will be Christina Keller, pres­i­dent of CK Tech­nolo­gies. As of now, the pro­gram is sched­uled …

It’s Moth­ers Day Week­end, and the Hicksville Beau­ti­fi­ca­tion Com­mit­tee is hold­ing the annual Mother’s Day plant sale today until 6 p.m. and tomor­row from 9 a.m.-1 p.m at the Hicksville Town­ship build­ing, right across from the school. Annu­als and peren­ni­als are being sold in flats, indi­vid­ual pots, hang­ing bas­kets and …

The Bryan Amvets Post 54 will be pre­sent­ing Wounded War­rior Ben­e­fit Con­cert this Sat­ur­day from 8 p.m. until mid­night at the post. There will be live per­for­mances by local musi­cians: Earl P and Fam­ily Tree, Doug Stayner, Brian King, Jeff Mont­gomery, Dude McDon­ald, Aaron Mar­tinez, Debra Keller, Tommy Schilt and …

Police say a vehi­cle crashed into a house and garage in Pauld­ing. Accord­ing to a news release from the Pauld­ing County Sher­iff, it hap­pened Mon­day after­noon on Wayne Street, when a vehi­cle dri­ven by 48 year old Miles Goings of Pauld­ing ran off the road and hit a fence and …