Thomas M. “Tom” Pryslak, 66 years, of Pioneer, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan after a sudden illness.  Tom was born September 5, 1947 in Elmira, New York, the son of Steve and Mary (Opper) Pryslak.  He was a 1965 graduate of Thomas Edison High …

Linda J. Hageman, age 72, of Ney, Ohio, died early on Friday, February 28, 2014, in her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Hageman was a 1959 graduate of Spencer, West Virginia, High School and was a longtime employee of K-mart in Bryan, Ohio. She enjoyed her time on the …

More catch and release by Bryan Police. 55 year old Alfonso Miller of Defi­ance was arrested by Bryan Police on Sat­ur­day, and charged with pos­ses­sion of mar­i­juana and drug para­pher­na­lia. He was released. 25 year old Daryke Roose of Bryan, was arrested and charged with OVI and open con­tainer in …

This week is Severe Weather Aware­ness Week, and as part of that recog­ni­tion, a statewide tor­nado drill will be held on Wednes­day to test out­door sirens. The statewide test will begin Wednes­day morn­ing at 9:50. State offi­cials are ask­ing all schools, busi­nesses, and homes to prac­tice their tor­nado drills and …

We’ve cer­tainly had our share of fires this win­ter. There was another house fire in the area on Fri­day. Defi­ance fire­fight­ers were called out Fri­day morn­ing to flames at a home on Wash­ing­ton Avenue. The first reports came in around 6:30 Fri­day morn­ing. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, the flames …

It’s now been deter­mined that it was light­ning that caused that home explo­sion a week ago at Snow Lake in Steuben County. Fire inves­ti­ga­tors found burn holes where the light­ning came out through a gas line in the crawl­space. Inves­ti­ga­tors now say they think the crawl­space filled with gas after …

Some sur­veil­lance cam­eras in the state are under scrutiny. A few more speed­ing cam­eras have gone dark in Ohio, after the lat­est in a string of court rul­ings against auto­mated traf­fic enforce­ment. In But­ler County last week, a judge ordered one vil­lage to pull the plug on enforce­ment cam­eras, say­ing …

The Ohio High­way Patrol this morn­ing is say­ing that a Defi­ance woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash Thurs­day morn­ing in Defi­ance County. Police say a car dri­ven by 50 year old Kathy Browns of Defi­ance ran off Defi­ance County Road 424 and slammed into a util­ity pole. The crash …

Once again, snow emer­gen­cies were announced yes­ter­day in many areas of North­west Ohio due to blow­ing and drift­ing snow, as the win­ter of 2013–14 just won’t give up. Williams and Henry Coun­ties were reported to be oper­at­ing on Level 2 emer­gen­cys, while Ful­ton and Defi­ance Coun­ties were at level 1. …

The Ohio House voted last week to approve four addi­tional calamity days for the state’s school dis­tricts because of this winter’s extreme weather, after many school dis­tricts across the state sim­ply ran out of extra days. This bill still awaits approval by the Sen­ate. If the Sen­ate bill ends up …