Ricky Allen Lorentz, age 57, of Bryan, Ohio passed away on Friday, May 11, 2018, surrounded by his family at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance. He courageously battled cancer for a year and a half. Ricky was a 1978 graduate of Bryan High School. He enjoyed watching sports, …

Charles Lynn Bryan, Sr., age 82, of Wauseon, Ohio passed away May 11, 2018 in Fulton County Health Center, Wauseon, Ohio. He was born January 20, 1936 in Metamora, Ohio to the late Clyde and Allie (Jennings) Bryan. He married Mary Lou Bryan on July 22, 1989 and she preceded …

Eugenia (Jean) Fassold, 98, of Oregon, Ohio, formally of Toledo and Fayette, passed from this life to her eternal home on May 10th, 2018. She was the daughter of Ray and Florence (Leu) Hochstetler in Fayette, Ohio. She was a bookkeeper most of her working career at several companies including …

David F. and Roberta M. “Robbie” (Sorg) Williams, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2018, from injuries sustained in an auto accident in Williams County, Ohio. David was a graduate of Edon High School and a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was employed as …

Lavon L. “Skeet” Northrup, 41, of Defiance passed away Wednesday as a result of a motor vehicle accident. He was born May 1, 1977 in Montpelier to Lavon “Dusty” Lee Parks and Martha K. Norhtrup. Skeet attended Defiance High School. At a young age he attended the Montpelier Church of …

A two year old girl drowns in Defiance. Crews were dispatched to a Harding Street residence. They found the unresponsive child inside. She was taken to Defiance Regional, where she was pronounced dead. The incident remains under investigation.

A chase involving multiple police departments in two counties ends with three people in the hospital. Police were in pursuit of a pickup truck, believing the driver to be suicidal and under the influence. Officers chased the truck through Bryan, Blakeslee, West Unity and Montpelier…where the suspect ran a red …

Crews in Bryan take on a house fire on Ohio 567 at Chicago Street in Williams Center. There was light smoke coming from the eves and windows when they arrived at the scene. No injuries reported. Damage is extensive but repairable.

The Bryan Fire Department extinguishes a blaze at an area employer. Foam insulation in the back of a truck at S&S Directional Boring on County Road 17 caught fire. Apparently, a chemical reaction the cause. Employees at the business pulled the truck out of the building before fire crews arrived. …

A Paulding County man is indicted for murder. Matthew Dempsey faces those charges in the wake of the murder of Gina Mann, last month. Mann’s body was found in the garage of Dempsey’s home. He is being held on $7 million bond