Karen B. Pettit, age 80, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 11:45 P.M. on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in her home after an extended illness.  Karen was a graduate of Clay High School in Oregon, Ohio,  attended Defiance College, and went on to graduate from Davis Business College in Toledo, Ohio.  …

Governor DeWine and the Ohio Department of Health signs an order, prohibiting mass gatherings of 100 people or more in the state, in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus. The governor also ordered all Ohio schools…including all K-thru-12 schools in Williams County…to close for three weeks, starting on …

Officials, representing nearly 85% of Ohio’s residents, have agreed to a plan to share any money brought in from settlements with companies over the toll of opioids. Gov., DeWine and Attorney General, Dave Yost announced acceptance of the proposal. They told reporters the communities who have agreed to the plan …

A three vehicle accident, on Ohio 15, near the Oakwood Trailer Court injures four people. Officials tell reporters the driver of a pickup, northbound on 15, turned left in front of an oncoming truck with one occupant. The crash collected another vehicle. The injured were taken with minor injuries to …

Negotiations fall apart among Republican legislators on a proposal that could have forced Indiana’s attorney general from office, if his law license is suspended over allegations that he drunkenly groped four women. Senate Republicans wouldn’t agree with a provision backed by the House and Gov. Eric Holcomb that would have …

Marilyn Elaine Sumner, 91, of Pioneer, passed away on March 12, 2020 at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on June 26, 1928 in Toledo to Herbert H. and Helen Beatrice (Gibbs) George. Marilyn gradated from Pioneer High School in 1946 and graduated from Ravenscroft Beauty College in …

Williams County Health officials say the are working with its community partners to help coordinate county-wide efforts to address the coronavirus. The state health department earlier this week confirmed the first cases in Ohio, three near Cleveland. Locally, no suspected cases have been reported in Williams County, but the Paulding …

Unemployment rates throughout the area were unchanged from December to January. Williams County’s non-seasonally adjusted rate is at 3.2 percent, keeping intact its long run as lowest jobless rate in the area. In Henry County, it’s 4.7 percent…where an estimated 12,530 of the county’s 13,147-person workforce was on the job.

Indiana State troopers are on patrol in Angola, along Mill Street. Suddenly, another car heads towards the police cruiser, narrowly missing the officers in a head on collision. The police turns the car around and gives chase. Officials say Jeremy Combs and the passenger, Matthew Drew threw out bags of …

Wauseon schools cannot sustain its current financial course and needs to place a levy on November’s ballot, the Board of Education was told. Following a presentation of the school district’s financial status, Treasurer, Dave Fleming said a resolution to approve a 1.75% earned income tax levy will be placed on …