Geraldine E. Cox, 90 years, of Bryan, passed away Friday morning, September 22, 2017 at Genesis Healthcare-Bryan Center, Bryan. Geri was born October 28, 1926 in Montpelier, Ohio, the daughter of the late Harold and Clara (Cloyd) Greenman. She was a 1944 graduate of Montpelier High School. Geri married Ralph …

Kathy L. Harbin, 61 years, of Bryan, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2017 with her family at her side. Kathy was born April 26, 1956, in Bryan, the daughter of the late Frederick M. and Linda L. (Hoffman) Walker. Kathy was a homemaker, tending to the needs of her family. …

On March 23, 1936, God made a farmer, and on September 21, 2017, God called him home. George Lewis Beatty, Age 81, passed away with his family at his side after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in West Unity, Ohio, to George Glenn and Mae (Netcher) Beatty. …

More than 61,000 people attended the 2017 Williams County Fair. Paid attendance was up slightly from the 32,000 last year. Total admission revenue was $179,928, up about $6,000, mostly due to an increase in local sponsorships.

Williams County deputies showed up at the Colonial Manor Motel on E. High St. in Bryan, where they arrested Rebekah Hutchinson, of Pioneer. They got a tip she was there. Hutchinson was indicted in August in Williams County for helping another suspect during a May 25 break-in and burglary at …

Bryan Police is getting a lot of complaints of vehicle break-ins over the last few days. Officers received a report of one on Ohio 15…someone stole cigarettes and lottery tickets. Over on Cardinal Drive, someone else’s car was broken into. On Lebanon Street somebody entered an unlocked vehicle and stole …

A 13-year-old boy drowns in Lake Wawasee. An Elkhart woman went to check on her son who had gone to bed. She was not able to find him at their home on North Southshore Drive in Syracuse. The woman began searching the house, as her husband looked outside. Then, the …

A motorcyclist dies on US 24 in western Lucas County. Todd Switzer of Paulding was heading east on 24, when he went off the right side of the road, hitting an embankment and overturning. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials say he was not wearing a helmet. The …

Sandra “Sandy” A. Burkhard, 73, of De Tour, Michigan and formerly of Nettle Lake passed away Wednesday evening at Park View North in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born on April 28, 1944 in Toledo, Ohio to Ernest and Lillian (Kempski) Mazurkiewicz. She married Larry L. Burkhard on June 21, …

An old storefront, near downtown Hicksville, partially collapses. The building, long ago known as the B & O Steakhouse, had been used recently for storage. The front of the building on East High Street fell into the street. No one was hurt. The main road through Hicksville had to be …