The unemployment rate stays the same from September to October in Williams County at 3.4 percent. At the state level, Ohio’s non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 3.9 percent during the month, from 4.1 in September and 4.2 percent in August. The national rate stays at 3.3 percent, which it …

Miriam M. Pape, age 94, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at her home surrounded by her family. She worked in a flashlight factory during World War II, raised and dressed poultry and later worked at Beam Stream in Maintenance for 20 years. After retirement, she and …

Dennis Stark, the elderly Bryan man, is sentenced to community control for five years in Defiance County on several sexual abuse charges involving a young child. A prison term of 12 years is reserved, if he violates the terms of community control. A charge of rape was dismissed as part …

Bryan Municipal Utilities’ water rates will be raised each of the next three years, under a plan approved by the Bryan Board of Public Affairs. The changes are part of a multi-year adjustment plan, suggested in 2018. The fixed monthly service charge for most residential customers will increase to $8.25 …

A longtime fixture on Main Street in Swanton is no more. The building at 91 and 93 N. Main St. was razed because it is falling down onto the Epiphany Community Services building next door. The old building was most recently used as a restaurant but had been empty for …

A judge overseeing 2,500 federal lawsuits, related to the nation’s opioid crisis, has scheduled a trial for late next year over the role played by major pharmacy chains. U.S. District Court Judge, Dan Polster in Cleveland rules he will hear a case next October brought by two counties in Ohio …

Thomas Charles Yackee, age 90, of Wauseon, passed away peacefully Sunday evening, November 17, 2019 in his home surrounded by his loving  family.  He was born July 13, 1929 in Wauseon to the late Julius Frederick and Helen Henrietta (Stiriz) Yackee.  He attended Wauseon High School and served honorably in the …

Lloyd M. Gearhart, age 81, of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 8:20 P.M. on Monday, November 18, 2019, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a brief illness.  Mr. Gearhart was a graduate of Edon High School and was a veteran of the United States Army.  He …

A Defiance woman is arrested after a man is stabbed at a Harrison Ave location. The victim, Terry Soto, 40, was taken by the Defiance Fire Department to Mercy Hospital. Audrey Foust is charged with felonious assault. She was taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio in Stryker. The …

Charges are filed after a crash in DeKalb County. Investigators say Brock Smith of St Joe was heading south on County Road 45…when he failed to stop at the intersection at County Road 68. Paige Mosley of Garrett was on 68…she had just stopped and proceeded into the intersection…that’s when …