Luella M. “Kitty” Cobb, 95 years, of Bryan, passed away Thursday, February 8, 2018 at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where she was a resident. Kitty was born January 2, 1923 in Paulding, Ohio, the daughter of the late Arthur Ray and Ollie (Lee) Schilt. She married Maurice Yagel on March 22, …

Wesley Harman Strayer, age 54, of Neapolis, died February 3, 2018, at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan, surrounded by his family. Wes was employed as a production mechanic at Ardagh Metal Beverage Inc. in Whitehouse. He was a former Captain of the Providence Township Fire Department and a …

William E. Tanner, age 85, of Fayette, passed away Wednesday morning, February 7, 2018, at the Toledo Hospital. Prior to his retirement he had worked at Crow Aviation in Toledo for 25 years, the Fulton County Airport for 15 years, and five years at Owens-Illinois. Bill was born in Wauseon …

First responders in Dekalb County are dispatched to a vehicle fire on Interstate 69 near the 326-mile marker. The Auburn Fire Department was able to put out the blaze. No one was in the vehicle. The registered owner is being charged with leaving the scene of an accident.

After an eight-month undercover operation, the Multi-Area Narcotics Task Force arrested six northwest Ohio residents on drug charges. Morgan Lucas, Nikita Coleman, Toby Warncke and Dustin Gonzales of Bryan for aggravated trafficking in drugs in the vicinity of a juvenile. Anita Shaneyfelt and Vincent Fell Jr. were also brought in …

Charles Farsht is sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service for illegally dumping old tires in Lima. Farsht was one of four people charged with illegally transporting and dumping scrap tires to the vacant lot there. Two of the other men, both …

Crews from six area fire departments take on a blaze in Defiance County’s Highland Township on Mansfield Road. When they arrived at the scene the structure was fully involved. The Homeowners were not in the home at the time of the fire. A family pet escaped the blaze. The cause …

Two northwest Ohio residents are injured in a snowmobile accident in a field near County Road 18 in Freedom Township. Benjamin Zimmerman and his passenger, Guilia Lee were taken to the hospital. Lee was then taken by air to a Toledo hospital. Investigators told reporters the snowmobile was traveling across …

Vernon C. Merrifield, 78, of Bryan, passed away on Monday, February 5, 2018 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, IN. He was born on August 30, 1939 in Montpelier to Clair O. and Martha E. (Newcomber) Merrifield. In 1956 Vernon started working on the Wabash Railroad as an …

The deadline for project ideas is drawing near and those affiliated with Project 2020 are preparing for the next phase of the major local initiative. Project 2020 started eight years ago when a group of area residents came up with idea to build money over time in order to finance …