The hol­i­days are fast approach­ing, and the St. Vin­cent de Paul Soci­ety in Fayette will be giv­ing away toys again for Christ­mas. The give­away dates this year are this Thurs­day and Thurs­day, Dec. 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, 409 E. Main …

The cause of a crash that killed a Defi­ance woman is still under inves­ti­ga­tion. The Ohio High­way Patrols says 22 year old Sarah Gomez was killed in the single-vehicle crash in Ful­ton County. It hap­pened around 6:30 Mon­day morn­ing when Gomez appar­ently ran off Ohio 108 between Ful­ton County Roads …

The Ohio Bureau of Crim­i­nal Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and Inves­ti­ga­tion has released find­ings about a shoe believed by fam­ily mem­bers to belong to mur­der vic­tim Nancy Eagle­son. Author­i­ties say the shoe, which was found in Octo­ber at the for­mer Pauld­ing County Jail, now owned by pri­vate indi­vid­u­als, was tested for DNA, but …

The Defi­ance Health Department’s “Know Your Num­bers” health screen pro­gram will be held at the North­towne Mall on Thurs­day, Dec. 5, from 9–11:30 a.m. Included in this health screen are blood pres­sure, pulse, res­pi­ra­tions, cho­les­terol, hemo­glo­bin and blood sugar. Per­sons 18 years old or older are wel­come. For more infor­ma­tion, …

A lawyer for a 31-year-old sol­dier accused of stran­gling one man and stab­bing another dur­ing a trip to see his estranged wife in south­east­ern Michi­gan says he may pur­sue an insan­ity defense. Thirty-one-year-old Pfc. Brian Gogue of Mary­land awaits trial on open mur­der and attempted mur­der charges. He appeared Wednes­day …

Only one com­pany sub­mit­ted a bid for the project to upgrade the heating-ventillation-and air con­di­tion­ing con­trol sys­tem for the Henry County Cour­t­house. That pro­posal from Lake Erie Elec­tric of Bowl­ing Green was reviewed last week by the board, and had a price tag of $43,505; which is about $6,000 under …

A Michi­gan man went to a hos­pi­tal after crash­ing his truck in Steuben County Sun­day after­noon. Steuben County Sheriff’s Depart­ment offi­cers responded to 5380 N 450 W around 4:30 p.m. When emer­gency respon­ders arrived, they found a 2005 Ford F250 pick-up truck in the yard. Offi­cials said the truck went …

Bryan Police on Sun­day arrested 25 year old Sonya L. Mosler of Bryan on a war­rant out of Ful­ton County Court for fail­ing to appear. She was taken to CCNO. Also yes­ter­day just before 5pm, Bryan Police arrested 41 year old Rod­ney R. Walker of Bryan for Dis­or­derly Con­duct after …

Simon W. “Pete” Hug, age 91, of Blakeslee, Ohio, died at 8:45 A.M. on Saturday, November 30, 2013, in his home. Mr. Hug was a lifelong farmer and had built Hug’s Chicken Coop in 1968, which raised 12,000 chickens. He also worked as a milk truck driver for Pet Milk …

John “Jack” C. Gilliland, age 61, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Gilliland graduated from Celina Senior High School and Heidelberg University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. John taught in several school districts, including …