Marilyn A. Estel, age 85, of Wauseon passed away Monday June 5, 2017 at the University of Toledo Medical Center. Prior to her retirement she had been a proofreader for the Fulton County Expositor for many years as well as a homemaker. Mrs. Estel was born on October 4, 1931 …

Ellen M. Sleesman, age 95, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 11:20 P.M. on Monday, June 5, 2017, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a resident. Mrs. Sleesman was a 1940 graduate of Edgerton High School, was a longtime employee of Syncro in Edgerton, and later was …

If you call 911 and ask for a ride you may get one, but it might not be to your house. The Bryan Times is reporting 48 year old Jamie Henry of Bryan was “highly intoxicated” when she called 911 early Sunday morning, according to Williams County Sheriff’s Clerk Lisa …

A Paulding County man was arrested by Defiance police following a brief pursuit on the city’s north side Sunday morning. 30 year old Michael Loop of Paulding County Road 1039, Oakwood, was charged with obstructing official business and failure to comply with a police officer. He was also picked up …

A 27-year-old Napoleon man was stabbed on the 200 block of Washington Street around 2 a.m. Tuesday. The man was transported to the Henry County Hospital with a puncture wound to his abdomen. The victim’s condition is unknown. The two male suspects fled the scene before Napoleon police arrived. One …

A DeKalb County man told police he didn’t see a train approaching when he drove his pickup truck into its path Monday evening. Mathew Hubert was driving east on County Road 34 just before 8:40 p.m. when he crossed the tracks in front of a northbound train. The train slammed …

Patricia E. Miller, age 72, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away suddenly at 12:20 P.M. on Saturday, June 3, 2017, in Hickory Creek Nursing Center in Hicksville, where she had been resident. Mrs. Miller was a 1962 graduate of Edgerton High School and had been employed at Magnavox in Fort Wayne, …

A pair of area residents were among those indicted recently by a Defiance County grand jury. 34 year old Zachary A. Kolbe of Montpelier, was indicted on one count of grand theft of a firearm. Authorities allege that Kolbe stole a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer on May …

Ohio drivers are seeing gas prices rise a bit to start the month of June. Ohio’s average was about $2.35 for a gallon of regular fuel in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc. That’s up from $2.29 a week ago but much …

Williams County Board of Elections Director Heather Freese told county commissioners Thursday that the county’s paper ballot voting equipment “is in good shape now. The Bryan Times reports that, coincidentally, the state Legislature is asking county elections boards to have preliminary discussions with county commissioners to consider what kinds of …