Mary Elaine Knight age 81, of Hamilton, Indiana, died at 10:30 P.M. on Thursday, March 22, 2018, in her home surrounded by her family, after an extended illness. Mrs. Knight was a graduate of Montpelier High School and received her undergraduate and master’s degrees from IPFW in Fort Wayne, Indiana. …

Mrs. Loyce Marie Dean age 84 of Montpelier, OH passed away Wednesday March 21, 2018 at Home after a sudden illness. She was a native of Lauderdale Co, AL. Retired Store Merchant and of the Church of Christ Faith. She is survived by two sons, Bobby (Nancy) Dean and Ronnie …

Lisa Gayle (McKarns) Weisz, 61, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed in her home surrounded by her family Thursday, March 22, 2018 following her battle with cancer. She was born January 10, 1957 in Montpelier, the daughter of Harold D. and Wanda L. (Faber) McKarns. Lisa was a life-long member of the …

Adella Garcia, age 76, of Stryker, passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at CHP – Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Prior to her retirement, Adella had worked at the Archbold Ladder Company, been a school cook, and a bus driver. Adella was born in Brady, Texas on April 28, 1941, …

Troopers are investigating a deadly crash in Richland Township. Lewis Belcher of Paulding, was southbound on Hire Road, south of Ohio 18 at the CSX railroad tracks, when Belcher stopped. Witnesses told investigators he then tried to drive around the lowered crossing gates and was struck by a train. Belcher …

A juvenile female and an 18-year-old male are found dead in a car in Napoleon on Independence Drive. The incident remains under investigation. The police there is asking anyone with information on the case to contact them.

Two are killed in a crash between a semi and a car on the Indiana Toll Road near the 156 mile marker, 12 miles east of the Angola exit. The truck, driven by Dawn Liggett of Mt. Pleasant was westbound when the big rig crossed the center median into oncoming …

Fire damages the Arby’s restaurant in Auburn. Most of the exterior damaged is in the rear of the building. No injuries reported. The cause is under investigation. Officials told reporters the restaurant had been recently renovated.

The defense team in the Sierah Joughin murder trial made short work of its case Friday, resting after just two witnesses. Following almost two weeks of testimony by the prosecution, the defense briefly questioned two longtime friends of James Worley before Fulton County Judge, Jeffrey Robinson called for a half-hour …

A white police officer, fired after he fatally shot a black unarmed motorist, will get about $344,000 in back pay and legal fees from the University of Cincinnati. The university is paying Ray Tensing to settle a union grievance brought on his behalf for his 2015 firing, following his indictment …