Gene E. Day, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:40 P.M. on Sunday, January 6, 2019, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where he was a patient. Gene was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving after World War II. He was a farmer and a school …

A fire truck, responding to a blaze, crashes on the way. An Auglaize Township fire pumper, driven by Blake Dolt was headed to a Paulding County Road 171 location. At 171 and 156, the pumper went off the right side of the roadway. The driver overcorrects, causing the fire truck …

Some changes at the Bryan City Council. Officials did some reorganization for 2019. Members approved a list of appointments to various committees and elected Lynn Wieland as council president for 2019. John Betts is now vice president. Several other committees, including Finance, Economic Developments and the Revolving Loan Fund, have …

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from an Ohio man, sentenced to death for killing three down-and-out men lured by fake Craigslist job offers. Richard Beasley was convicted of posting bogus job offers on Craigslist to rob and murder three men in 2011. The Ohio Supreme Court upheld …

An Ohio man is sentenced to just under four years in prison for his role in the beating of a black man the day of a white nationalist rally in Virginia. Daniel Borden was gets 20 years, but most of that sentence was suspended. His active sentence amounts to three …

June B. Thiel, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:35 P.M. on Saturday, January 5, 2019, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, surrounded by her family, after a brief illness. Mrs. Thiel was a 1950 graduate of Edgerton High School and was a member of St. …

Karen S. Harrington, 65 years, of West Unity passed away Sunday, January 6, 2019 in her home with her family by her side. Karen was born June 23, 1953 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, the daughter of Charles and Leota (McDade) Staats. She was a 1971 graduate of Stryker High …

Ellen R. “Ellie” Schmucker, 84 years, of Stryker, Ohio died peacefully in her home on Sunday, January 6, 2019 with her family by her side. She was the daughter of Lyle P. and Ruth L. (Weldon) Riter and was born October 16, 1934 in Bryan, Ohio. Ellie was a loving …

Ivan Mitchell Williams, age 76, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 8:50 A.M. on Friday, January 4, 2019, at his home following a lengthy illness. Mr. Williams had worked at Bettinger Farms, Hayes-Albion for 17 years and retired from Ferro. Ivan M. Williams was born on February 14, 1942, in …

G. Lenore (Snorky) Mansfield, age 93, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 4, 2019, after a brief illness. Lenore was a 1943 graduate of Edgerton High School and was a longtime member of the Bryan First Brethren Church. She was a very active church member, having taught …