Jack L. Bloir, age 79, of rural Edon, Ohio, passed away at 6:14 A.M. on Friday, March 16, 2018, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan, Ohio. Mr. Bloir was a 1956 graduate of Edon High school and was a veteran of the United States Army. …

Joann Snider, age 85, of Bryan, passed away Friday morning, March 16, 2018 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers-Bryan. She was a homemaker and enjoyed playing cards and spending time with her family. Joann was born on May 9, 1932, in Fairmont, West Virginia, the daughter of Charles and Mary …

For the second time in two months, emergency workers have pulled a body out of a lake along Hoagland Road, east of Poe…this after a report of a vehicle in a lake. It’s not clear how long the vehicle was in the water. Crews arrived and discovered the body inside …

Wauseon Police is warning area businesses about a potential scam. Apparently, a man is going around to local gas stations, telling people he is a detective. He says he had bought some beef jerky at the store to make care boxes for troops overseas. But he returns the beef jerky, …

Two people are hurt after a crash on Ohio 18 at The Bend Road, near Sherwood. Witnesses say Shea Willard of King, N.C., didn’t stop at the intersection and was hit by Kerry Samples of Defiance. Samples was flown to ProMedica Regional in serious condition. Willard was taken a Defiance …

Two Bryan area men are accused of selling medical marijuana they got in Michigan. Joseph and Joshua Ludeker were indicted in Defiance County Court for trafficking marijuana. A search of Ludeker’s home netted more than 1,000 grams packaged for sale.

Cell phone records collected by crime experts show Sierah Joughin and James Worley were in the same area the night she went missing in 2016. Investigators on Friday, specializing in cell phone analysis, testified in a Fulton County courtroom in day five of Worley’s murder trial. Joseph Jensen, a member …

Lyle W. Zigler, 58 years, of Dickinson, Texas, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, December 4, 2018 at his residence. Lyle was born February 2, 1959 in Bryan, Ohio, the youngest son of the late Glen J. and Wilma (Schrock) Zigler. He was a 1977 graduate of Bryan High School and …

Joyce Marie Haynes, age 88, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:06 A.M. on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance. Mrs. Haynes worked at the former Carbon Factory and retired from Fayette Tubular. She enjoyed baking and many of her pies were auctioned off to …

Chaina Nafziger, a sixth-grader at Archbold Middle School, will be presented Monday with an engraved silver medallion to recognize her selection by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, as one of Ohio’s top two youth volunteers of 2018. Chaina organized a bake sale with a friend at her church and …