A Fort Wayne woman, blamed for a boating accident that hurt several people at Lake Gage in July 2017, pleads guilty to criminal recklessness. Dominique Effinger’s agreement calls for a 1 ½-year executed sentence. A Steuben County judge is set to sentence Effinger on Aug. 3. Effinger was driving a …

A final pretrial hearing is set in a Paulding County murder case. Tristen Blair is charged, accused in the death of his 3-month-old son, last Oct. The child was admitted to a hospital in Fort Wayne, where the medical staff indicated possible child abuse. An autopsy showed evidence of blunt …

Paulding is once again looking for a new leader. In June, the council voted to hire E. Thomas Ault as the new village administrator. He was to start July 23. Mayor Greg Reinhart informed council this week that Ault has declined the position. Another candidate was offered the job but …

A renewal levy request by Defiance’s Board of Developmental Disabilities is approved by county commissioners. The board’s request for commissioners’ to place an additional 0.5-mill, five-year levy on the November ballot along with a 0.85-mill, six-year renewal levy was turned down last month. The levy is set to expire at …

Joyce Anita Stanley-Daneke, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 3:14 P.M. on Saturday, June 30, 2018, at Laurels of Defiance where she was a resident after an extended illness. A 1949 graduate of Montpelier High School, Joyce had a long, fulfilling career as a bookkeeper for many area …

Rosann Friend, 90 years, of Hamilton, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2018 at Northern Lakes Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Angola, Indiana. Rosann was born February 17, 1928 in Pleasant Lake, Indiana the daughter of the late Bert and Pauline (Ling) Swihart. She was a 1947 graduate of Pleasant Lake High …

Chwa JiJa ( Lee ) Mercer, 82 years old of 18713 County Road T, Fayette Ohio passed away at 2:45pm July 1st at Fulton Manor after a short stay. Lee was born in Seoul South Korea on June 8th1936. Her father, Chil Song Lee and mother, Soon Ok Bak, preceded …

First responders take on a house fire near Ayersville. When crews arrived at the Dohoney Road address, flames and smoke were coming out of a garage on the property. A car was ablaze inside. Defiance fire teams joined Highland Township crews in the firefighting operation. An attached dwelling was damaged …

Bryan Police responded to two fights, one of which may have led to serious injuries. The first was at the East End Pool on E. High Street. It was fisticuffs between several juveniles. They won’t be allowed at the pool for a few days. They were turned over to the …

The Montpelier man convicted of burning and stomping on a 1-year-old girl in 2017 files an appeal. Alan Laney was sentenced in June to seven and a half years prison with another 12 on post-release control.