Police in DeKalb County are investigating a crash that leaves three people hurt on IN-8, near County Road 7. Officials say a man driving a pickup truck was heading east on 8 when he crossed the centerline. The pickup truck then hit a car heading the other way. That vehicle …

Electric wiring in the basement is thought the likely cause of a fire north of Angola, on North State Road 127. First units on the scene found the two-story residence with heavy fire showing from both floors. Crews quickly knocked down the flames. Officials tell reporters it started in the …

A mile-and-a-half strip of riverbed is now owned by the Black Swamp Conservancy for protection and long-term enjoyment by northwest Ohioans. The 226 acres, on the Little Auglaize River in Paulding County, is now a wildlife reserve. The Conservancy says it plans to remove invasive species, enhance forested habitat cover …

The Holiday City Village Council approves a design plan to add an addition to the city building, there. Officials say it will be a few months before the project goes to bid. They add they hope a new structure will be up within a year.

Elizabeth A. Gilbert, age 80, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 4:20 A.M. on Friday, March 2, 2019, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Toledo, Ohio, after an extended illness. A 1956 graduate of Edgerton High School, she had been employed by Krill Electric for many years as a bookkeeper …

Louella R. Fields, age 74, of Fayette, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2019, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee.  She was born in Pikeville, Kentucky on May 26, 1944, to the late James H. and Lassie (Charles) Reynolds.  On August 23, 1964, she married James E. Fields, and he …

Steven F. Goulette, age 58, of Bryan passed away at 2:30 P.M. on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Goulette was a fork lift driver at Bohn Aluminum in Butler, Indiana for many …

Jonathan Patrick Fifer, 18, of Montpelier, OH passed away on March 19, 2019 in Lenawee County, MI. He was born on February 19, 2001 in Secaucus, New Jersey to Richard D. and Jacqueline (Good) Fifer. Jonathan was set to graduate from the law enforcement class at Four County Career Center …

Kirk Vashaw, chairman and CEO of Spangler Candy, is elected chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Confectioners Association. It represents more than 550 member companies in the confectionery industry throughout the country, many of which are small, family-owned businesses. Spangler has been family-owned and operated in Bryan …

Action is taken by the Paulding school board on elementary redistricting, that will mean more students in the district will attend Oakwood Elementary School, beginning next year. The board voted 5-0 to change the attendance line that separates elementary students that attend Paulding Elementary School and Oakwood from Ohio 637, …