A children’s advocacy group awards more than $90,000 in grants to help keep at-risk youth in Ohio safe from human trafficking. The awards from the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund come during Human Trafficking Awareness Month, recognized each January. The grants are given in collaboration with the Ohio governor’s Human Trafficking …

A Wauseon man is placed on two years of community control in a Fulton County court room after pleading guilty to possession of heroin. Judge, Jeffrey Robinson sentenced 35-year-old Ricky Beltran. He was accused possessing heroin on or about Jan. 10, 2017. He was ordered by the court to pay …

A house, seven miles west of Kendallville, is a total loss after a fire on Main Street. Crews arrived to find a heavy fire in the back porch of the house. A woman who owned the home was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Another owner arrived while firefighters …

Anna Deneen Bartley, age 52, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Friday, January 18, 2019, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio, where she was a resident. Deneen was a graduate of Sunnyside School, where she was crowned homecoming queen and also was a participant in Special Olympics. She …

Homer E. McCrea, age 99, of Edon, Ohio, died on Saturday, January 19, 2019, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, where he was a resident. Mr. McCrea was a lifelong farmer and had been employed at Meyers Elevator in Pioneer, Ohio, for many years and later retired from Martin …

William L. Hildebrandt, age 53, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 3:52 A.M. on Sunday, January 20, 2019, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center near Defiance. Bill worked at Titan Tire Company in Bryan with over 30 years of service. He was a member of the United Steel Workers Local …

Linda L. Wank, 72 years, of Bryan passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019 at The Inns and Villas at Fountain Park, Bryan. Linda was born July 21, 1946 in Bryan, Ohio the daughter of the late Bernard “Red” and Berneda (Figgins) Pardee. She was a 1964 graduate of Bryan High …

Robert Weldon Penland, 45 years of Pleasant Lake, drowned on Saturday, January 19, 2019, after falling through the ice while fishing on Terry Lake at Hamilton, Indiana. Robert was born January 30, 1973 in Washington D.C., to Mark S. and Martha (Mosley) Penland, while they were both serving in the …

Juanita J. Hallett, age 92, of Delta, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019, at Genesis of Swanton Valley, where she had resided the past six years. Prior to her retirement she had worked at the former Mohr’s Five and Dime, which later became Mohr’s Shoes, for 50 years. Juanita was …

It just breaks your heart for anyone to get seriously ill…but when they are so young…it really gets your attention. A benefit will be held for Allie Herman at Fayette Local Schools on E. Gamble Road this coming Sunday from noon-2 p.m. Allie, a seventh-grader, was diagnosed with bone cancer …