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 …

Graeme O. “Cracker” Lauber, age 78, of Archbold, passed away in his home on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. Graeme had co-owned, along with his brother, Bruce, the former Lauber Manufacturing in Archbold. He had worked at the factory his entire life. Graeme was born in Archbold on November 27, 1940, …

Michael Loop is sentenced in a Paulding County courtroom to 22 years in prison in the shooting death of Phillip Koenn…at Koenn’s rural Cecil residence…while committing a 2018 burglary. He was given credit for 368 days served in jail while his case was pending.

Donald Richcreek, the Oakwood man accused of killing his brother, is arraigned in Paulding County. Richcreek pled not guilty to murder and weapons charges in the Aug. 10 shooting death of his brother, Anthony. A pretrial hearing is set for Nov. 4. If convicted, Richcreek could be sentenced to a …

Unemployment rates fell slightly throughout the region in August. Williams County’s jobless rate went back down to 3.4 percent from 3.6 in July…still higher than June’s rate of 3.3 percent. Officials say the county’s unemployment numbers are some of the lowest in the state. An estimated 18,700 people in the …

A Meet the Candidates public forum in the election for the Bryan City Council, the Bryan School Board and the Bryan Board of Public Affairs is set for Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Stoney Ridge Winery, on County Road 16 in Bryan. There will be forums for each of the …

Helen Wheeler, 86 years, of Alvordton, passed away Monday, September 23, 2019, in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  Helen was born January 29, 1933 in Kunkle, Ohio, the daughter of the late William Paul and Mary K. (Hollstein) Hawkins.  She married James F. Wheeler on February 17, 1951 in …