During their meeting this week, the Bryan Area Foundation awards $30,000 to the Bryan Swim Team to buy new starting blocks and a scoreboard.

William H. “Bill” Connell, age 87, left this world to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 25, 2018. He was born in Springfield, Illinois on March 29, 1930, the son of Lawrence and Eva (Graham) Stanley. Bill had one older brother, Richard, who preceded him in death. On January …

Ohio’s unemployment dropped to 4.5 percent in February…it’s the lowest rate since 2001. Still, the numbers are higher than the national rate. State unemployment fell from 4.7 percent in January and was lower than the 5.1 percent rate of February 2017. Nationally, the number stands at 4.1 percent in February…unchanged …

Several fire departments respond to a structure fire on County Road M, north of West Unity. The Brady Township Fire Department was dispatched, with mutual aid from the Stryker fire team. Officials suspect the cause was a garbage fire that never reached nearby homes.

A grass fire on County Road 18.75, south of U.S. 6 threatens farms in the area for a time. Crews from Bryan and Stryker took on the flames. The fire was reported when cinders from a burn pit landed on corn stubble. No structures were damaged and no injuries were …

Two men, accused of having more than 40,000 grams of marijuana in Williams County last September, are heading to jail. Danny Brewer gets two years…LaDonna Deloney…18 months behind bars. Both Brewer and Deloney are from Beachwood. 40 thousand grams of high-quality marijuana is worth around $400,000 on the street.

A police officer is hurt in a crash on State Road 8 in Auburn, near I-69. DeKalb County investigators say a cargo van, driven by King Oberlin of Angola, was eastbound on 8, waiting to turn onto northbound 69. At the same time, a westbound Auburn police officer entered the …

A Fulton County jury of four men and eight women begin deliberations in the James Worley murder trial. It’s now in its third week, as closing arguments by the prosecution came to a close. They told the jury Worley lay in wait for Sierah Joughin in a cornfield, hitting her …

Ruthanna M. Holthues, age 80, of Edon, Ohio, died at 1:40 P.M. on Saturday, March 24, 2018, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio after a brief illness. A graduate of Stryker High School where she was on the National Honor Society, Mrs. Holthues had been a resident …

Donna M. Nafziger, age 87, of Archbold, passed away at CHP – Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice on Saturday evening, March 24, 2018. Arrangements are pending at the Grisier Funeral Home in Archbold.