Mildred Louise Hance, age 76, of Alvordton, Ohio, passed away Monday, June 4, 2018, at Heartland of Wauseon. Mildred was born in North Carolina on October 14, 1941, the daughter of Bennie and Essie (Tucker) Roberts. In 1958, she married James Roscoe Hance, and he preceded her in death in …

Officials are investigating a fatal car vs. train crash on North Union Street in Pulaski Township. They told reporters John Restainer of Bryan was northbound on County Road 15D. Witnesses told officers Restainer drove around several gates that were down at a railroad crossing. There, his van was hit by …

A LaGrange officer stops a vehicle for a traffic infraction at Central Avenue and Canal Street. His police dog smelled drugs in the car. A search nets meth and a handgun. Ventura Sanchez of LaGrange faces drug and weapons charges. He was booked into the County Jail, there.

A fugitive registered sex offender, wanted in Steuben County, is behind bars at this hour. Mitchell Hephner surrendered himself at the county jail without incident. Hephner was wanted since the beginning of April on an outstanding arrest warrant, charging him with 2 counts of felony failure to register as a …

The arraignment for an Oakwood man, charged with murder, is delayed again. Court officials learned William Miller has not been cleared from his medical treatment facility. His scheduled arraignment has now been pushed back to June 11. It is the fourth time the arraignment has been continued. Miller is accused …

Officers in LaGrange make a drug arrest during a traffic stop. A search of the vehicle turned up methamphetamine. The driver, 51-year-old John Drumm of LaGrange, was arrested on initial charges of drug possession. He was taken to the County Jail.

The state of Ohio announces medical marijuana won’t be available for sale by the September 8 deadline. The Department of Commerce told reporters several cultivators have experienced inspection delays that make it impossible to have product on the shelves on the date set by Ohio’s 2016 medical marijuana law.

Todd E. Woodgeard, age 56, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:35 A.M. on Sunday, June 3, 2018, at his residence surrounded by his family. Todd worked in tool and die set up at Arrow Tru-Line in Bryan for 23 years. He was a graduate of Bryan High School and attended …

Barbara Jean Smith Creek, 81 years, of Montpelier, passed away Sunday, June 3, 2018 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Barbara was born April 14, 1937 in Fayette, Ohio, the daughter of the late Arthur C. and Mary Ellen (Ford) Smith. She married Norman L. Creek on June …

Lawrence “Larry” E. Sundberg, 77 of Nettle Lake and formerly of Sylvania, Ohio passed peacefully at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on February 1, 1941 in Brockton, Massachusetts to Lawrence E. and Betsy M. (McDonald) Sundberg. Larry was a graduate of Sunnyside High School in Tucson, …