Violet L. Grant, 87 years, of Mark Center, passed away Saturday, August 26, 2017 at Genesis Healthcare-Bryan Center, Bryan, Ohio. Violet was born November 1, 1929, in Defiance, Ohio, the daughter of the late Charles and Anna (Wheeler) Ankney. She married Darl Richard Grant on April 15, 1953 in Angola, …

Robert C. Cromwell Jr., 81 years of Powell, Ohio and formerly of Ney, Bryan and Montpelier, Ohio, passed away at 8:50 p.m., Thursday evening, August 24, 2017 in his residence with his family at his side. Robert was born March 21, 1936 in DeKalb County, Indiana, the son of the …

Indiana State troopers conducted “saturation patrols” in Steuben County over the weekend. Eight troopers patrolled the area and made several arrests for drug-related offenses. James Hubbard was arrested for invasion of privacy. He was pulled over by a trooper and was found two have three passengers in his vehicle he …

Southbound I-69 near the 24 interchange in Ft. Wayne was backed up after a fatal crash, involving at least one motorcycle. One person was killed. The accident is under investigation.

A Wisconsin man is in the LaGrange County Jail following a traffic stop on the Toll Road. Troopers pulled the vehicle over near the 115 mile marker for an equipment violation. They smelled the odor of raw marijuana. 33-year-old Kurt Frederick of Racine had cocaine, marijuana, LSD, ectasy, and psychedelic …

Crews were on the scene of a house fire in north Toledo on the 200 block of Weber, near Maple Street around 1 this morning. They arrived to find flames coming from the back of the house. Officials say there is damage to the exterior, as well as the interior …

Florence P. “Pat” Pollex, age 81, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 9:27 P.M. on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center-Bryan. She worked for over 20 years at Libby Glass in Toledo. She was the first female journeyman machine repairman at Libby and one of the …

Dianne K. Baxter, age 72, of Adrian, Michigan, passed away in her home on Friday morning, August 25, 2017. Prior to her retirement she had worked as a clerk for the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office for 3 years, and prior to that, as a clerk for the Lake County Sheriff’s …

Paul L. Brown, 81, of Montpelier passed away Thursday evening at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier. He was born on February 16, 1936 in Washington Township, Defiance County to Roy Ward and Dorothy L. (Hagerman) Brown. Paul graduated from Ney High School in 1954. On August 21, 1955, he …

Larry L. Simon, age 76, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 11:13 A.M. on Wednesday, August 23, 2017, at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mr. Simon was a 1960 graduate of Hoven High School in Hoven, South Dakota and received a scholarship to …