The state Medical Board votes to reject petitions, seeking to add anxiety and autism spectrum disorders as qualifying conditions for physicians to recommend medical marijuana to patients. The vote comes after a committee last month recommended against approving the petitions. The panel says marijuana can provide temporary relief for anxiety …

Billy E. Daugherty, 89 years, of Bryan, passed away Monday, September 9, 2019, in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  Billy was born September 29, 1929, in Arthur, Illinois, the son of the late Lee E. and Flonnie (Stigal) Daugherty.  He served in the United States Army during the Korean …

W.H. “Sonny” Fowler, 78 years, of Bryan, passed away Thursday, September 12, 2019, in his residence with his family at his side.  Sonny was born November 16, 1940, in Waynesboro, Tennessee, the son of the late William E. and Minnie E. (Rose) Fowler.  He married Barbara Thompson on December 8, …

A Hicksville man dies in a crash. Officials say Daniel Beatty, 57, was driving south on Casebere-Miller Road, when the vehicle went off the right side of the roadway onto an embankment. It then crossed the road…off the left side, hitting a tree and then a house. Beatty was transported …

Ryan Dangerfield pretrial hearing on murder and assault charges is postponed. Dangerfield is charged in connection with the death of Dylan Bible, at a Bryan motel,. He will now have a pretrial conference on Nov. 12 in Williams County. Dangerfield was indicted on two counts of murder and more.

A man, driving north on Allen St. is said to have had a medical issue while trying to turn left onto Trevitt St. in Bryan. The car hit a house, there. No one was inside the house at the time. The cause of the accident is under investigation. The driver …

A Williams County grand jury indicts Cody Shaffer of Auburn on one count of felonious assault. Prosecutors say in Aug., he caused serious physical harm to an individual. He was initially charged with misdemeanor domestic violence for striking a woman in the face and slamming her to the floor. The …

Officers want a Florida man after a bank is robbed in Paulding County. Investigators say the suspect entered State Bank & Trust Company on N. First St., in Oakwood. The suspect was dressed in dark pants and a light-colored hooded jacket with a black stripe. He was also wearing a …

Juan T. Alfaro, age 91, of Delta, passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at Indian Meadows Nursing Home in Wauseon.  He was born in San Antonio, TX, on March 28, 1928, to the late Jose and Juanita (Teniente) Alfaro. After leaving high school, Juan joined the United States Air …

Jean L. Shaffer, 86, of Pioneer passed away Monday afternoon at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier.  She was born on March 25, 1933 in Clarksburg, West Virginia to William Troy and Martha Willa (Ross) Morris. Jean attended the Pioneer United Methodist Church.  She was a member of the VFW …