With the Remembering Our Fallen Tribute Towers memorial coming to the Williams County Fair this year, the woman who brought it to here is seeking to have people welcome its arrival on Sept. 6. Gold Star mom Tarry Eicher, who lost her son, Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Hodshire, in Iraq …

Good news, motorists. Highway 6, between county roads 20 and 23, is back open…with lane restrictions…after being closed for two weeks…this, to accommodate work to replace two bridges.

A new judge is picked for the Phil Taylor trial…the Bryan man charged with animal cruelty. Reeve Kelsey, a retired judge in Wood County was chosen by the Ohio Supreme Court to hear the case. We reported Taylor is accused of using a 9mm pistol to shoot and kill four …

Authorities in Fulton County are investigating a County Road E theft. Among the items reported stolen were ladders and other equipment…a siding brake and stand, building materials and more. The total value of the loss is $36 hundred dollars. If you have any information, contact Fulton County investigators. There may …

A Butler man on a motorcycle flees a traffic stop and crashes without a helmet in DeKalb County. It all started at US Highway 6 and Interstate 69. The rider turns north onto County Road 24, that’s when he loses control and smashes into a mailbox. He was ejected from …

Carolyn M. Hill, 88, of Montpelier, passed away on August 26, 2019 at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier. She was born on August 5, 1931 in Montpelier to James and Laura (Bible) Clifton. Carolyn attended Montpelier High School and retired from Universal Products in Pioneer in 1992 after more …

Dorothy Louse Mull (nee Busch) joined her loving husband Lester Mull in their heavenly home on August 25, 2019.  Born September 23, 1929, Dorothy is preceded in death by her parents Oscar and Neva Busch, her sisters Marjorie and Mary Ella, her brothers Bob, Wylie and Victor and a son Charles.  The sunset of …

Defiance County deputies positively identify a body found in the Maumee River in May. Authorities say it’s Jabari Mbwelera of Fort Wayne. He was reported missing on Jan. 23. Mbwelera’s body was found near U.S. 127, in the Cecil Bridge area near Sherwood. They suspect the man may have entered …

Ohio’s Supreme Court is offering a new learning program that allows high school students to see how the court operates without leaving their classrooms. The court’s Civic Education Section recently unveiled “Under Advisement: Ohio Supreme Court Cases on Demand.” The program provides teachers with lesson plans developed specifically for a …

A judge isn’t quite ready to sign off on a bankruptcy plan outlined by a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp….the utility that operates Ohio’s two nuclear plants. A federal judge in Akron says the plan will remain on hold while First Energy Solutions deals with two union labor agreements. The judge …