Daniel L. Bignell Jr. was found guilty on three counts of first-degree felony rape after he entered an Alford plea Tues­day morn­ing in the Williams County Court of Com­mon Pleas. That means he still says he’s inno­cent, but admits there’s enough evi­dence for a guilty ver­dict from a jury. In …

The site for the district’s pro­posed new pre-kindergarten through grade 12 school was approved Mon­day dur­ing a spe­cial meet­ing of the Lib­erty Cen­ter Local Board of Edu­ca­tion. Now, it goes before the vot­ers. The board decided that the new school will be built on site, although they didn’t take a …

Lorna J. Geesey, age 71, of Montpelier, Ohio, died suddenly at 1:00 P.M.. on Monday, December 9, 2013, in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio, following a brief illness. She was the widow of Norman A. Geesey, who died on February 11, 2012. Service arrangements are pending with Krill …

Francis Baldwin, age 92, of Bryan,and passed away Monday, December 9, 2013 at Stein Hospice in Sandusky, Ohio. Prior to his retirement he had been a farmer most of his life. Francis was born in Defiance County on June 5, 1921, the son of Howard and Marjorie (Figley) Baldwin. On …

Four out­go­ing mem­bers of Stryker Vil­lage Coun­cil were thanked at Monday’s vil­lage coun­cil meet­ing and rec­og­nized for their years of ser­vice. The Bryan Times reports that Joan Ruf­fer was hon­ored for hav­ing given 30 years of ser­vice to the com­mu­nity, Tom Hor­ton with 17, Carol Fee­han with 16 and Dan …

The Edger­ton Board of Edu­ca­tion wrapped up the year’s busi­ness at their meet­ing Mon­day night. Sev­eral staff posi­tions were filled, and the board approved pol­icy man­ual updates as pre­sented at the Novem­ber meet­ing. They then set Mon­day, Jan. 6th at 7 p.m. as the orga­ni­za­tional meet­ing for the board, with …

It’s a busy place… The Defi­ance com­post site closed for the sea­son last month, but is sure did get plenty of use this year. The site, which is open three days a week for about eight months annu­ally, closed for the year on Nov. 26. It’s planned to open again …

The trial of 40 year old Daniel Bignell Jr. got under­way Mon­day in the Williams County Court of Com­mon Pleas. Bignell is accused of five counts of rape, two counts of attempted rape, four counts of gross sex­ual impo­si­tion, and three counts of kid­nap­ping. His alleged vic­tims were all under­age …

An Angola man now faces mul­ti­ple charges con­nected to an alleged sex­ual assault. The Steuben County Sheriff’s Depart­ment reports the arrest of 27 year old Kile Stock­ert, who is fac­ing up to six felony charges. Inves­ti­ga­tors say early Sun­day morn­ing, a 26-year old woman claimed she was sex­u­ally assaulted. She …

Ruth Michelle Mitchell, age 61, of Wauseon passed away late Saturday December 7, 2013 at her home. She was a lifelong Homemaker. Mrs. Mitchell was born on December 14, 1951 in Toronto, Ontario the daughter of the late George and the late Helena (Hamilton) Longmire. On June 21, 1980 she …