A Napoleon man is arrested on two charges at the Walmart there. Bryan Gonzalez, 33, was charged with obstruction of official business and resisting arrest, second-degree misdemeanors. Gonzalez was found to be unarmed. He was taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio.

A Paulding County man is shot and killed at a County Road 187 location in Oakwood …a family member has been charged in connection with the death. Anthony Richcreek died from an apparent shotgun wound to the chest. Investigators tell reporters his brother, Donald Richcreek has been charged with murder. …

Slowly, the outlines of Defiance’s new Clinton Street bridge are emerging. The concrete columns that will support the new structure, being built by Great Lakes Construction Co. of Medina County, have gone up in recent weeks, and are visible from Fort Street and elsewhere. But what may get more attention …

A former contract worker has filed a lawsuit claiming she was retaliated against by the leader of the Indiana National Guard after she reported concerns about his affair with a subordinate. Shari McLaughlin filed in Marion County Superior Court against Major General Courtney Carr, Adjutant General of the Indiana National …

John R. “Hoser” Beltz, 55 years, of Sherwood, passed away unexpectedly, Thursday, August 8, 2019 in the emergency room of Community Memorial Hospital, Hicksville.  John was born on April 11, 1964 in Bryan, Ohio, the son of Byron R. and Mary E. (Speaker) Beltz.  He was a 1982 graduate of …

A New Haven man is charged with shooting his ex-wife during an argument over the welfare of their child at a mobile home park on Moeller Road. Raul Espinosa faces attempted urder and more in the shooting of Michelle Malone. Officers arrived and found Malone in a neighbor’s yard, suffering …

Funeral services for Army Pfc. Brandon Kreischer are announced. The Stryker native, died last Monday after a firefight in southern Afghanistan. Another soldier died in the gunfire exchange. There will be a processional at 4:40 p.m. today from Toledo Express Airport. The route begins west on U.S. Route 20A through …

A northwestern Indiana landlord wants the U.S. Supreme Court to wade into his dispute with the city of Hammond and overturn a city order directing him to remove five apartments that he’s leased to tenants in what was once a single-family home. Jose Andrade, who argues that Hammond’s order violates …

Shirley Mae Patten, 77 years, of Bryan, passed away Thursday, August 8, 2019, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance.  Shirley was born July 27, 1942, in Wauseon, Ohio, the daughter of the late John and Leona (Mansfield) Smith, Sr.  She was a 1959 graduate of Bryan High School.  …

It was an emotional day of testimony as the jury heard from several student-athletes about actions of a former coach who made them feel uncomfortable. The trial of Randy Burke entered its second day in a Henry County courtroom. Burke faces several charges of gross sexual imposition…involving girls who were …