Thanks to a grant from the Ohio Department of Education, Paulding Exempted Village School District will be getting more than a half million dollars to be earmarked for laptops for some 600 middle and high school students next year. The $600,000 grant will go toward providing laptop computers for students …

Doris J. Smith, age 88, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:20 P.M. on Sunday, February 9, 2014, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mrs. Smith was a 1944 graduate of Edon High School and had worked at Stough Paint Store for sixteen years until her …

The inves­ti­ga­tion con­tin­ues today into the murder-suicide last week in Defi­ance that made national head­lines. Plans are being made for the funer­als of 68 year old Robart Garza, SR; his 61 year old wife Chris­tine; their 42 year old daugh­ter Zoila; and their 15 year old grand­daugh­ter, Rebecca. Inves­ti­ga­tors say …

Another catch and release over the week­end involv­ing Bryan Police. Early yes­ter­day morn­ing, around 2am, 23 year old Ste­fan Bates of Mont­pe­lier was caught and arrested for dri­ving under sus­pen­sion and for OVI. Accord­ing to Bryan Police, Bates was sim­ply released after being stopped. No other details were pro­vided by …

In Steuben County a pro­posed pig busi­ness con­tin­ues to gen­er­ate con­cern. State offi­cials have approved the farm where 4,800 pigs will be raised near Lake Gage. The Indi­ana Depart­ment of Envi­ron­men­tal Man­age­ment said K&D Con­tract Pork met the guide­lines to estab­lish the oper­a­tion. The project near Angola has met with …

Fol­low­ing a dis­tur­bance on Lin­coln Street in Arch­bold, Police in that com­mu­nity took action and made an arrest. Arch­bold Police called for assis­tance from the Henry County Sheriff’s office canine unit, but they were able to snag a sub­ject before the assis­tance arrived. 26 year old Heath Arm­strong of Arch­bold …

Kathryn L. (Davis) Robinson, 99 years, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2014 in her home with her family at her side.  A life-long Williams County resident, Kathryn was born May 27, 1914 in Williams County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Wesley and Lula (Jolly) Davis.  She married Howard E. Robinson …

Howard C. Freygang, 82, years, of Ball Lake, Hamilton, Indiana, passed away Friday, February 7, 2014 in his home.  Howard was born November 29, 1931 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the son of the late Carl Julius and Clementine Mary (Minnich) Freygang.  He was a 1950 graduate of Central Catholic High School, Fort …

David K. Schlosser, age 69, of Bryan , and formerly of Stryker, passed away Friday, February 7, 2014, in his home. Dave, along with his wife, Bobbi, were former business owners in Stryker and Dave was a meat cutter at the former Dinner Bell Foods in Archbold for 20 years. …

Betty Kathryn Lillard, 94, of Pioneer, and formerly of Logan County, Ohio, passed away Friday morning at her home.  She was born on October 21, 1919 in Lewistown, Ohio to E. S. “Jack” and Helen C. (Cooper) Hemminger.  She graduated from Lewistown High School in 1939.  While in high school she lettered all …