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 …

Katherine J. Williamson, 90 years, of Bryan, passed away Friday, December 6, 2013 at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where she had been a resident.  Katherine was born July 10, 1923 in Huntington, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Leonard and Annie (Clark) Hazelett.  She was a graduate of Guyan Valley High School …

Nancy A. Gimson, 65 years, of Pioneer, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2013 at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home.  Nancy was born March 5, 1948 in Bryan, the daughter of the late Theodore and Leota (Rosendaul) Cronk.  She was a graduate of Bryan High School.  She married Virgil E. Gimson, Jr., on March 28, …

Charles J. VanderHorst, Sr., age 91, of Alvordton, Ohio, died at 10:20 P.M. on Thursday, December 5, 2013, at Evergreen Manor Care Center in Montpelier, Ohio, where he was a resident. Mr. VanderHorst attended Libby High School in Toledo, Ohio, and was a veteran of the United States Army, serving …

Leo E. Rickard, 91 years, of Bryan, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2013 at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, Bryan, Ohio.  Leo was born on October 30, 1922 to Sherman and Floy Rickard at their home in Pioneer, Ohio.  He graduated from Pioneer High School in 1940.  Leo married Bernice L. Welch on December 26, …

A Mont­pe­lier woman is get­ting national atten­tion… from the NRA. Phyl­lis Her­ring­ton has been named recip­i­ent of this year’s Mar­ion P. Ham­mer Woman of Dis­tinc­tion Award by the National Rifle Asso­ci­a­tion. This award is named after the first woman pres­i­dent of the NRA. Her­ring­ton has worked at the Camp Perry …

North­west Town­ship has issued a press release regard­ing snow poli­cies. Accord­ing to the release, only mail­boxes that have actu­ally been hit by a town­ship truck or plow will be repaired or replaced by the town­ship. Repair of mail­boxes dam­aged by fly­ing snow or slush dur­ing plow­ing will be the owner’s …

A pro­posal now being con­sid­ered in Wash­ing­ton which would decrease the amount of ethanol in the nation’s fuel sup­ply has once again heated debates about ethanol across the nation and here in our area too. The Renew­able Fuel Stan­dard was cre­ated under the Energy Pol­icy Act of 2005. In 2007, …