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Phyllis E. Clark, 93, of Camden, Michigan passed away on Tuesday, November 26th at Hillsdale Country Living. She was born on June 22, 1926 in Melbern, Ohio to Marion E. and Carma W. (Miller) Wines. Phyllis graduated from Pioneer High School in 1944. She married Bernard Clark and he preceded …
Read More »Barker Brought In On Sex Charges
Robert Barker, a Defiance man, is arrested. Defiance County deputies picked Barker up at his Breckler Road address. He is accused of inappropriate contact with minors over several years. Barker faces sexual battery, and gross sexual imposition charges. Prosecutors say this all happened between 2016 through 2018. The victims were …
Read More »Bryan Metals Edged Out Of Merger
An area employer closes its doors, soon. Officials say Bryan Metals on South Main Street is set to shut down sometime in the near future. The plant employs 22 workers and specializes in products sold in the automotive and electronic components markets. The jobs will not be reassigned elsewhere. Workers …
Read More »A Buckeye Hero Comes Home
The remains of a World War II pilot from Ohio are identified, 75 years after his plane was shot down over Germany. The remains of Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Steve Nagy will be buried in his hometown of Lorain at a date yet to be determined. He was 23 …
Read More »First Energy Move To Block Vote Is Denied
The Ohio Supreme Court rejects a lawsuit, attempting to block a proposed statewide vote that aims to overturn a financial rescue for Ohio’s two nuclear plants. The plants’ owner, FirstEnergy Solutions, had argued the financial rescue approved by state lawmakers in July can’t be overturned by voters because it amounts …
Read More »Anna Lea Grider, 56
Anna Lea Grider, age 56, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2019, at Community Hospitals & Wellness Centers in Montpelier. Anna took great pride in writing Google reviews for various places. Anna Lea Grider was born on November 13, 1963, the daughter of Emery Weldon and Ruth Margaret …
Read More »Smith Gets 54 Months
Jeffery Smith, the area man who stole a CSX vehicle that he left on a Defiance railroad crossing, where it was struck by a train, is sentenced to prison in Defiance County. Smith was given a 54-month prison term on charges of intimidation, vandalism and interference with the operation of …
Read More »EPA Grant Application Agreed Upon
Work to clean up the former SK Hand Tool property in Richland Township will soon rest with the EPA. County officials agreed to submit an application for EPA grant funds to help clean up the site on Hickory St., just outside Defiance. The application deadline is Dec. 4. The thought …
Read More »Funds For Trine
The English-Bonter-Mitchell Foundation pledges a half million dollars to support the planned expansion at Trine University’s Allen School of Engineering and Computing. The $10 million expansion, announced last year, will provide added space and resources for Trine’s growing engineering and computer science and information technology programs. The new area is …
Read More »FirstEnergy Changes Name
FirstEnergy Solutions, the Ohio-based coal and nuclear power generating agency, says it will change its name once it restructures amid filing bankruptcy. The new name? Energy Harbor. The company was founded in 1997 as a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. and runs nuclear power and coal plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania, …
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