A man in Ney is flown to an area hospital after his pickup goes off Openlander Road, just north of McCavit, in Defiance County. They suspect had some sort of medical condition. The Ohio Highway Patrol is assisting local officers in the crash investigation.

A former Ohio House speaker, who lost his bid to retain the post during the current session, is resigning his seat. The decision by state Rep. Ryan Smith was announced in a resignation letter. He faced term limits next year. Smith fought a months-long battle for the House speakership against …

Robert N. Coleman, age 70, of Archbold, passed away Thursday morning, September 26, 2019, at CHP – Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. He had worked at Waldron Industries in Waldron, Michigan and retired from there in 1994. After retirement, he became a dairy farmer. He had also worked as an auctioneer. …

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 …