Fremont fire crews are dispatched to a blaze at a North 925 East residence. The home occupant was able to escape the fire. No injuries were reported. The house is a total loss. The attached garage had minor smoke and water damage throughout. A neighboring house had minor exterior damage, …

Steve M. Hancock, age 60, of Stryker, Ohio, passed away at 11:09 A.M. on Tuesday, October 17, 2017, shortly after admittance to Paulding County Hospital in Paulding, Ohio, after suffering an apparent heart attack while at work. Steve was a 1975 graduate of Stryker High School and had been employed …

Betty Lou Mead, 85 years, of Montpelier, passed away Wednesday, October 18, 2017, at Evergreen Manor, where she had been a resident the past several years. Betty was born March 8, 1932 in Auburn, Indiana, the daughter of the late Clyde and Goldie (Ordway) Kelley. She was a 1950 graduate …

Jonathan Roberts, a senior at Bryan High, recently earned the honorable distinction of being a National Scholarship Competition Commended Student, putting him squarely in that category after acing the PSAT in his junior year. Also a straight A student, a member of Bryan’s swim team and a thespian who will …

The Henry County Hospital Wound Healing Center is now open. The Center offers patients access to the latest outpatient clinical wound care, using a variety of treatments, therapies and support services. Millions of Americans with diabetes or circulatory problems develop non-healing wounds that limit their activity. These problems usually respond …

Auburn Police respond to a domestic on South McClellan Street. Angela Williams told officers she had been battered by Dale Craig, age 28 of Auburn. Williams told authorities that he had then taken her 2-year-old son. Williams told police Craig had no paternal rights to the child and she felt …

Former State Sen. Cliff Hite, who resigned abruptly on Monday, apologizes in a Twitter post for what he calls “inappropriate conversations and physical contact with a state worker.” Hite, 63, from Findlay, cited personal and family health issues for his resignation in a one-paragraph statement. Hite said the state worker …

Dominique Effinger of Fort Wayne will face trial for a summer boating incident. Prosecutors say the boat she was driving spun out of control and circled in the water unmanned at 30 miles per hour before it was eventually slowed and corralled by a conservation officer. Effinger lost control of …

Clifford Gene Green, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:40 A.M. on Friday, October 13, 2017, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where he was a patient. Mr. Green was a 1951 graduate of a Edgerton High School and a veteran of the United States Marines. He …

Bonnie E. Hall, age 93, of Bryan, died at 12:44 A.M. on Sunday, October 15, 2017, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers- Bryan. Mrs. Hall was a homemaker and nothing was more important to her than her family. Bonnie was born on February 11, 1924, in Scott County, Virginia, the …