Brick and ivy. Ornate design. A theatre…a soda fountain. Sauder Village officials have a vision. Turn back the clock and make the place look like it did in, say 1923. Well, now Sauder Village officials announce work has begun on phase II of its 1920s Main Street project, adding the …

Some area soldiers are in one of the worst places to be in the world right now…Syria. The fighting continues between the rebels and the government…where the weaponry used ranges from chemical warfare to terrorism and atrocities hardly imaginable. Josh Coll is a lieutenant in the Army, serving in an …

Norma Jane (Burditt) Hardy, 78, of Bryan, passed away on Monday, November 26, 2018 at The Indiana University Health Medical Center in Indianapolis, IN. She was born on January 20, 1940 in Bowling Green, Ohio to Ervin G. and Mildred M. (Schmidt) Burditt. Norma graduated from Anthony Wayne High School. …

Patricia Mae Legg, 74 years, of Montpelier, passed away Monday, November 26, 2018 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Maumee, Ohio. Pat was born October 22, 1944 in Charleston, West Virginia the daughter of the late Andrew Lee and Pauline Elizabeth (Blankenship) Litchield. She married Hansford Eugene “Gene” Legg on August 3, …

June A. Ramirez, age 87, formerly of Gibsonburg, Ohio, passed away at 4:15 A.M. on Wednesday, November 28, 2018, at Fountain Park Inn and Villas in Bryan, Ohio. June was a homemaker and enjoyed decorating for the holidays. June A. Ramirez was born on June 30, 1931, in Genoa, Ohio, …

The Supreme Court leaves little doubt it would rule the Constitution’s ban on excessive fines applies to the states, an outcome that could help an Indiana man recover the $40,000 Land Rover police seized when they arrested him for selling about $400 worth of heroin. A decision in favor of …

Another deadly fire in Indiana…this time in Logansport. Authorities recover six bodies, including four children from the rubble of a burned-out home, there. The two survivors have spoken to investigators. The house was largely engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. The building’s roof collapsed after fire gutted most of the …

A solo crash ends without injuries in Edgerton. Crews were dispatched to County Road A, just east of County Road 4-point-50. Williams County emergency officials tell reporters it was a rollover accident. No injuries in those are fairly rare. The investigation continues. Troopers assisted local responders on the call.

Williams County deputies bring in a man with a warrant for his arrest and a woman whose home he was hiding in. Joel Fackler of Pioneer was in Brittany Dummit’s County Road 11 home when officers arrived with court papers in hand. After a quick search, Fackler turns up, as …

A deadly crash a few months back ends in punishment for one area woman. Mary Myrice, 81, of Liberty Center, who pled no contest vehicular manslaughter charges in Oct., is fined $150, and must pay $124.50 in court costs. If Myrice passes a state driving test, she will get a …