Philip Taylor, the Bryan man charged with shooting and killing several companion dogs in June, pleads guilty to weapons and animal cruelty charges in a Williams County courtroom. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 30, and his $75,000 cash bond was modified to remove a condition requiring GPS with house arrest. …

The Defiance County General Health District is responding to a raw sewage situation at the Rolling Hills Manufactured Home Community on Mustang Drive. After being advised that several samples tested near the threshold for E. Coli, it passed a resolution, declaring the subdivision a public health nuisance. The board further …

Ohio Rail Development Commission approves a 100 thousand dollar grant to North Star Bluescope Steel in Delta. The funds support a planned $700 million plant expansion that will create 90 new jobs at the facility. The project involves $1.7 million in rail infrastructure, necessary to feed the new expansion. Rail …

A divided Ohio Supreme Court upholds a state law in a 4-3 decision, invalidating a Cleveland requirement that public construction contractors hire city residents for a portion of work on projects. A 2003 Cleveland ordinance mandates that residents must perform 20% of the total hours on public construction projects over …

The long-awaited Defiance Rib Fest is just days away. Organized by the Defiance Development and Visitors Bureau, downtown will be busy with the sounds of two bands and ribs from nine local vendors…it’s on from 4-11 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is $5…those 65 and older, or children under 10, are …

Kathy E. Rittenhouse, 51 years, of Bryan passed away Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at Visiting Nurses and Hospice Home, Fort Wayne, Indiana after a fierce battle with cancer. Kathy was born March 12, 1968 in Norwalk, California, the daughter of the late Ray and Karen (Heinle) Holmberg, Jr. Kathy was …

Carole L. Thomas, age 75, of Sherwood, Ohio, died on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. Carole was a graduate of Sheridan High School, Sheridan, Indiana, and attended Purdue University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, in German and a …

Lena Opal Luke, age 101, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully at 3:04 P.M. on Sunday, September 22, 2019, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. She was a member of First Church of Christ in Bryan. Lena was a packer at Spangler Candy Company for 29 years. …

Shirley A. Guilford, 86 years, of Sherwood, passed away Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at SKLD Nursing Center, Bryan.  Shirley was born May 20, 1933, in Paulding, Ohio, the daughter of the late Roy and Ruth (Grimes) Grunden.  She was a 1951 graduate of Defiance High School.  She married Roger James …

Nancy L. (Vajen) Brown, age 84, of Napoleon, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at Fulton Manor Nursing Home.  She was born in Detroit, Michigan on April 29, 1935, to the late William H. and Mildred E. (Warncke) Vajen.  Nancy worked for Perfection Finishers, retiring in 1991, and …