Senators including Ohio’s Sherrod Brown say the IRS has spent three times as much money collecting debt as it earned doing so, leading them to introduce new legislation. The proposal introduced by Brown and Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), would block the IRS from using private firms. …

Gregory Hines, 58, of Montpelier, passed away on Sunday Feb 18, 2018 in Columbus, OH. He was born on June 22, 1959 in Cleveland to Joe Tabb and Leona Hines. On July 24, 1999 he married Goldie K. Taylor in Bryan and she survives. Per the family’s wishes, services for …

Ernest “Junebug” R. Gibson, Jr., 47, of Fort Wayne, Indiana passed away Tuesday at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born on January 24, 1971 in Beckley, West Virginia to Ernest R. and Donna (Ellenwood) Gibson, Sr. On July 17, 2010 he married Joanna L. Will in …

Paul R. Johnson, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 12:51 A.M. on Wednesday, February 21, 2018, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Johnson was a graduate of Ayresville High School and was a veteran of the United States Army He was self …

Norma Wood, 70 years, of Waterloo, passed away Monday, February 19, 2018 at Lakeland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Angola. Norma was born on August 3, 1947 in Auburn, Indiana, the daughter of the late Thomas Seth and Eva Blanche (Richey) Wood. She was a 1965 graduate of Hamilton High School. …

A Bryan man is arrested after backing his vehicle into a police cruiser on Crestview Avenue. Skyler Yoder was identified as the driver. He was located by officers in his home’s driveway after a short chase. That’s when he backed into the cruiser. Yoder was brought in on charges.

A man is hospitalized after he lost control of his vehicle when he drove through standing water on State Road 3 just north of County Road 275 South in Milford Township. James Everage of Kendallville, was headed north on 3. He struck a tree and flipped after he lost control …

Defiance City Schools officials reported a vague threat by a middle school student. A 14-year-old boy was arrested and charged with inducing panic, making false alarms, menacing and intimidation. He was taken to the Juvenile Detention Center in Stryker, pending a court date.

A rural Defiance man enters a plea to two child sexual abuse charges in Defiance County. Bruce Sheets will wait for a pre-sentence investigation…his bond was continued. Sentencing is scheduled for March 29. Sheets had sexual contact with a female juvenile in 2015 and 2016.

A Putnam County home is destroyed by fire. Crews responded to the Ohio 634 address, between Putnam County Road D and Ohio 15, near Continental. . The highway was closed to through traffic during the incident. One firefighter was treated at the scene for minor smoke inhalation. No other injuries …