Non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates improves slightly across the region in June. Williams County’s rate for June was 3.3 percent, up from 2.6 percent in May and 2.5 percent in April. Defiance County’s non-seasonally adjusted rate for June was 4.3 percent, up from 3.4 percent in May and 3.2 percent in …

Democratic presidential candidate, Elizabeth Warren will make a stop in northern Ohio next week. The Massachusetts senator will visit Toledo on Monday for a town hall. The stop comes just ahead of her appearance at the Democratic debates in Detroit. Warren will be at a technical training center in Toledo. …

Excavation work begins toward building new tennis courts for Bryan schools. Officials tell reporters the work should take about two weeks. The project, much of which is being funded through more than $425,000 in donations through the Bryan Tennis Committee, calls for six new concrete courts and centered spectator seating …

A new police chief in Wauseon. Kevin Chittenden is a familiar face with 15 years on the force there. Chittenden was appointed by City Council to replace Keith Torbet, effective Aug. 5. Torbet, a 35-year veteran of Wauseon Police, will leave the force to replace Dennis Richardson as the city’s …

Ohio could become the latest state to hand out a billion dollar financial rescue for its nuclear power plants. Lawmakers in the Ohio House are set to vote on a plan that would give $150 million a year to stop the unprofitable nuclear plants from closing prematurely. Gov. DeWine intends …

A gun safety group, hoping to change state law to require background checks on virtually all guns sales, receives state approval to start collecting petition signatures. The proposal would close a loophole that allows sales without background checks at gun shows and between private individuals.

Gwendolyn Nadine Grim, age 75, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away at 1:57 A.M. on Friday, July 19, 2019, at Aperion Care Center in Angola, Indiana, where she was a patient.  Mrs. Grim was last employed at Burger King near Edon, Ohio, and had  also been employed at other food service …

Linda C. Orewiler, 76 years, of Archbold passed from this life Saturday, July 20, 2019 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance. Linda was born September 5, 1942, the daughter of the late Ned and Maxine (Davis) Hitt. She was a 1960 graduate of Bryan High School where she …

Gasper Michael Panik, 93, of Montpelier, passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2019, at his home. He was born on February 5, 1926 in Clarence, PA to Joseph and Mary (Sutika) Panik. Gasper proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII. In December of 1962 he married Rose …

Genevieve “Genny” I. Suffel, age 102, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 8:10 P.M. on Tuesday, July 17, 2019, at Laurels of DeKalb where she was a patient after a brief illness, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Suffel was a member of the Edgerton Church of Christ where she was …