Loretta M. Strayer, age 49 of Liberty Center passed away in her home early Tuesday January 21, 2014. Loretta was born on February 2, 1964 in Napoleon to Melvin and Annette (Burns) Strayer. She was a devoted Mother and friend to many. She loved her family. She was an animal …

Lowell R. “Bud” Bushong, 94, of Bryan passed away Wednesday morning at his home.  He was born on June 14, 1919 in Madison Township, Ohio to E. Bert and Bertha J. (Fox) Bushong.  Bud graduated from Pioneer High School in 1938.  After high school he married Betty M. Caulkins, and she preceded him …

David P. Oberlin, age 57, of Bryan, Ohio, died Saturday, January 18, 2014, at his home in Bryan. David was a 1974 graduate of Bryan High School and a lifelong resident of Williams County. David Perry Oberlin was born on May 25, 1956, at Montpelier Hospital, the son of Perry …

Lyle E. “Shorty” Manges, age 72, of rural Edon, Ohio, died at 11:15 P.M. on Monday, January 20, 2014, in his home, surrounded by his family after a brief illness. Shorty was a 1959 graduate of Edon High School and operated Manges Insurance in Edon for thirteen years, was employed …

Frank E. Walter, 84 years, of Hamilton, passed away Monday, January 20, 2014 at DeKalb Memorial Hospital, Auburn, Indiana.  Frank was born January 5, 1930 in Butler, Indiana, the son of the late Grover and Ruth Delight (Houghton) Walter.  He married Donna R. Jones on March 24, 1950 in Butler, Indiana, and …

B Rock is hav­ing its 35th annual Bliz­zard auc­tion this Sat­ur­day start­ing at 8am. We’ve held the auc­tion every year at this time to com­mem­o­rate the Bliz­zard of 1978, and each year an orga­ni­za­tion in NW Ohio is a recip­i­ent of the pro­ceeds of the auc­tion. This year, it’s the …

Bryan Mayor Doug John­son told City Coun­cil on Tues­day that the city has already used the 500 tons of rock salt it had stored for the win­ter. The Bryan Times reports that John­son said the city then ordered another 194 tons, which was fol­lowed by another order for another 73 …

The 21st Cen­tury is clos­ing in fast on Bryan.. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, cus­tomers of Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties’ Inter­net ser­vice soon should notice some faster speeds and bet­ter con­nec­tions. A recent upgrade to the util­i­ties’ cur­rent 45 Mbps ded­i­cated cir­cuit to a 500 Mbps eth­er­net cir­cuit sup­plied by Sprint …

The cold win­ter weather is back with a vengeance, and it appears as though it’s going to stick around for at least a few more weeks. On Sun­day, in response to the unusu­ally cold tem­per­a­tures, the Gov­er­nor issued a “propane emer­gency” for all of Ohio’s 88 coun­ties. The governor’s dec­la­ra­tion …

A point-in-time home­less count is held locally as well as across Ohio each year. Statewide, there were 12,325 home­less found dur­ing the count, accord­ing to the 2013 Ohio Home­less Report from the Coali­tion on Home­less­ness and hous­ing in Ohio. This year’s point-in-time count here in our region will take place …