Shelby J. Allgire, 80, of Montpelier passed away Thursday evening at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center.  She was born on August 5, 1938 in Jackson County, Michigan to Orville and Vivian King.  She lived in Jerome, Michigan until she married Leo Allgire in 1956.  She moved to Montpelier in 1960 …

Rolland “Doyle” Perkey, 78, of Bryan, passed away on May 2, 2019 at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo. He was born on September 21, 1940 in Putnam County, Ohio to Rolland E. and Margine A. (Buckmaster) Perkey. Doyle graduated from Holgate High School in 1958. On April 30, …

One person is hurt in a vehicle versus train crash in Wauseon, at Fulton County Road E. Fire crews were called to the scene and the vehicle’s driver was taken to an area hospital for treatment.

First responders and hazmat teams were at the scene of a milk truck crash in Putnam County, on County Road 18, south of Road B. Officials say a big rig, driven by Joshua Palczewski of Defiance, was hauling milk and went off the right side of the roadway. The truck …

Fulton County deputies were a part of a traffic enforcement blitz, last month. 17 traffic stops and four citations were issued for speeding and DUI.

State income taxes for low and moderate earners in Ohio would be eliminated or reduced under the latest version of the state budget, unveiled by House Republicans. The proposal before the state’s House Finance Committee eliminates personal income tax for those earning less than $22,500 a year. The bill would …

Ohio’s system for intervening in poor-performing school districts would change significantly under a bill passed by the Republican-led House. In repeatedly underperforming districts, current law shifts operational control from locally elected school boards to state-appointed panels and unelected CEOs. The new plan that passed 83-12 would end those so-called “state …

Joseph S. Seibert, age 92, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, surrounded by his family. Mr. Seibert was a 1945 graduate of Defiance High School and was employed as a tool and die engineer, working at Hayes-Albion for thirty-five …

Defiance’s former high school may get a new lease on life. Officials discussed a proposal that might help City Hall acquire the old school, built in 1918, from the Board of Education. The building was replaced when the new building opened in January 2018. Since then, school officials have held …

Indiana Health Commissioner, Kris Box issues a statewide standing order that adults don’t need to see a health care provider for a prescription for the measles, mumps and rubella and can obtain it from any pharmacy that carries it. The order comes as measles has sickened more than 700 people …