East Allen County Schools is shifting its buildings. The district is razing New Haven Middle School and moving its seventh and eighth grade students to the New Haven High School campus, which will become a 7th through 12th grade school. The sixth-grade students will be attending New Haven intermediate School, …

Francis A. Singer, 96 years, of Defiance, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019 at Kingsbury Place, Defiance where he was a resident.  Francis was born October 17, 1922 in Delaware Township, Defiance County, Ohio, the son of the late Frank and Mary (Wonderly) Singer.  He was a 1939 graduate of …

Sports betting will become legal in Indiana and construction of two new casinos will be allowed in the state under a bill signed by the governor. Gov. Holcomb endorsed the measure, approved by lawmakers after they reached a deal in the final hours of this year’s state legislative session. So …

A three-vehicle crash east of West Unity on U.S. 20A, west of County Road 2 injures two. Witnesses told officers Mei Hidaka of Dundee was westbound, when her vehicle drifted over the center line…into oncoming traffic. Hidaka’s vehicle hit Chelsea Roth’s car, causing heavy damage. Another car spun out in …

Not a big turnout in the special election this week. Both issues in Williams County passed by comfortable margins. Montpelier voters overwhelmingly approved a renewal of a 0.3 percent levy on income for improvements to the village’s sewage and storm drainage system. Voters also approved a 3.2-mill, five-year levy for …

House lawmakers are ready to approve a two-year budget that includes a healthy reduction in the state income tax. The GOP-controlled House scheduled a vote on the $69 billion spending plan following its approval by the House Finance Committee. Minority Democrats joined majority Republicans in a rare unanimous committee vote. …

Gov. DeWine dedicates the addition of 118 acres to a nature preserve. He was joined by Ohio’s Department of Natural Resources director for the dedication at the Lakeside Daisy State Nature Preserve in Marblehead. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grant provided 75% of the more than $1 million cost …

Theron L. Diehl, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, went home to be with his Lord at 3:13 P.M. on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice. He attended Wesley United Methodist Church in Bryan. Theron was a 1946 graduate of Bryan High School where he played trombone …

Arlyn L. Meyer, age 103, of  Edgerton, Ohio, died at 2:45 A.M. on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, where she was a resident.  Mrs. Meyer was a member of the Edgerton Church of Christ and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.  …

Michael W. Hamblin, age 72, of Hamilton, Indiana, passed away at 4:25 P.M. on Monday, May 6, 2019, surrounded by his family at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a brief illness.  Mr. Hamblin was a 1964 graduate of Elgin High School and attended The Ohio State …