Gary D. Gyurnek, 63 years, of Bryan, passed away suddenly on Friday, January 10, 2014 while on the job as a truck driver for Garner Transportation.  Gary was born May 29, 1950 in Sherwood, Ohio, the son of the late Joseph and Luella E. (Sigler) Gyurnek.  He was a 1969 graduate of …

Elizabeth E. Chester, 88 years, of West Unity, passed away Friday, January 9, 2014. Elizabeth was born September 14, 1925 in Alvordton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Estel and Edna (Croninger) Caulkins.  She was a 1943 graduate of Alvordton High School where she was also the class President and Salutatorian.  She …

Nancy Anne Schartzer, 91 years, of Bryan, passed away Thursday, January 9, 2014 in her home in Bryan.  Nancy was born February 22, 1922 in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of the late Paul S. and Dorothy (Diebel) Mason.  She was a 1940 graduate of Defiance High School.  Nancy married John William Schartzer on …

Arlene Swartzendruber Evers, 85 of Pioneer died early Sunday morning at the Hillsdale Community Health Center in Hillsdale, Michigan. She was born March 20, 1928 in Morenci, Michigan to Clarence L. and Ethel J. (Colegrove) Swartzendruber.  Arlene graduated from Waldron High School in 1945 as valedictorian of her class. She married …

After the record break­ing cold tem­per­a­tures, shel­ters through­out the area are in need of new sup­plies. The unprece­dented cold weather brought in unprece­dented num­bers of peo­ple need­ing shel­ter and that took a toll on sup­plies that are nor­mally stocked at shel­ters. Items needed are socks, shirts, blan­kets, and pants. Ear …

The Pauld­ing County Sher­iff, as of late yes­ter­day morn­ing, can­celed the level 2 road advi­sory in that county. Sher­iff Jason Lan­ders said how­ever, that the level being lifted doesn’t mean that all of the roads are in the best con­di­tion. The sher­iff issued a state­ment say­ing there are a num­ber …

Bryan Police on Wednes­day evening, arrested 21 year old Phillip J. Bernard of Bryan on a bench war­rant from the Williams County Sheriff’s Dept. He was taken to CCNO. Also on Wednes­day, just after 10:30PM, Bryan police say they picked up 22 year old Bri­tani M. Smith of Defi­ance for …

On Thurs­day, Brian Car­lin, the Util­i­ties Direc­tor at Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties, told Board of Pub­lic Affairs mem­bers the recent win­ter storm actu­ally made some money for the city util­ity. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, the city’s elec­tric usage was expected to be higher than usual because of the extreme cold. …

A Mont­pe­lier man learned his fate Thurs­day in Williams County Court. 40 year old Daniel Bignell JR will spend the next 15 years behind bars, after which he will have to reg­is­ter as a sex­ual preda­tor every 90 days for the rest of his life. Bignell was sen­tenced yes­ter­day after …

James M. Clark, 86 years, of Bryan, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at Hillside Country Living, Bryan.  Jim was born August 11, 1927 in Norwich, Connecticut, the son of the late William J. and Bertha (Hofmann) Clark.  He was a 1945 graduate of Cridersville High School.  Jim was an Army veteran serving …