Liberty Center education officials vote 5-0 to begin the process of terminating the contract of Emily Wesley, a music teacher…who back in December was arrested for assaulting her husband…she was later convicted, fined and put on probation for the incident. Officials say Wesley can appeal the decision.

It looks like a win for proponents of pumping water from the aquifer and selling it to communities outside the footprint. The Ohio EPA has preliminarily approved a proposed well near Fayette by Artesian of Pioneer. It’s just one well site, located along County Road S, northwest of Fayette. The …

Williams County deputies want a pair for a list of felony drug offenses. Gary Wheeler and Jennipher Fisher were indicted on Jan. 15 by a county grand jury…a warrant for their arrest is now issued. Both are charged with a list of heroin related offenses. Officers ask if you know …

It’s just a shame when this happens. An area newspaper we like very much is going away. Officials say Montpelier’s, The Leader Enterprise newspaper, with a publishing history dating back 120 years, will end its run with its Feb. 27 issue, Lack of subscriptions and advertising for the weekly newspaper, …

The Hicksville Exempted Village Board of Education says they will be holding a school levy meeting at 6 p.m. Sunday in the school commons.

They say it’s a mess…Flooding at a nursing home in Swanton shuts down Airport Highway. Officials tell reporters it happened after a water sprinkler broke overnight at the Swanton Valley Center. The parking lot of the nursing home was underwater. Swanton Fire used their truck to help pump the water …

Police in Fort Wayne raid a hotel room and take in the suspect in a Kendallville shooting. After failing to talk Kyle Gibson out over a loudspeaker at the Magnuson Hotel…officers use a flash bang device on the room…Gibson comes out with a woman…it’s Alexis Jordan, also wanted in the …

Victory!!! We have the results of the Williams County Spelling Bee for 2019…the runner-up is Sabineh Krukowski-Ortiz…she’s in the seventh grade over at St. Patrick Catholic School…and this year’s champion…Alexis Vermillion, a seventh grader from Edgerton. To the young ladies and all the contestants…well done.

Cameo Jean Fisher, age 71, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 6:10 A.M. on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, at Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center near Defiance, Ohio. Cameo ran her own day care center for several years. She enjoyed going to garage sales and throwing large holiday parties for her day …

Forest Franklin Bodiker, 72 years, of Hamilton passed away Monday, February 4, 2019 in Hamilton.  Forest was born August 1, 1946 in Lima, Ohio, the son of the late Charles Jacob and Mary Elaine (Pohlable) Bodiker.  He was a 1964 graduate of Angola High School.  He married Marilyn Lou Baker …