Driven by revisions due to take effect soon in the state’s concealed carry laws, county commissioners on Thursday held an initial discussion of concealed carry on county properties. The Bryan Times reports the new law, SB199, took effect March 20. Commission vice-president Brian Davis initiated the discussion, saying the county …

A Defiance man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a sexual assault of a 17 year old female that occurred in the city in March. 20 year old Timothy Moore of 21 Douglas St. was arrested on a warrant by the Defiance County Sheriff’s Office on charges of sexual battery; …

Charges in connection to a Paulding County murder case have been dropped. 44 year old Lisa King had been facing two counts of tampering with evidence in Paulding County Common Pleas Court. Last week, the state dismissed the charges against King without prejudice. The motion to dismiss states that King …

More than 60 people protested outside Congressman Bob Latta’s Defiance office on Wednesday afternoon. Members of several union groups along with Democracy in Action, Northwest Ohio Chapter of the AFL/CIO, and Democrats from Defiance, Paulding, Williams, Fulton and Henry counties marched around the office to protest proposed changes in the …

Roger Lee Shirkey, age 63, of Bryan, passed away Thursday morning, May 18, 2017, at CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Arrangements are pending at the Grisier Funeral Home in Archbold.

Carol J. Goebel, 75, of Montpelier passed away Tuesday night at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier. She was born on January 12, 1942 in Camden, Michigan to William C. and Doris E. (Russell) Roost. Carol graduated from Camden High School in 1960. On October 8, 1960, she married …

A Putnam County woman and former substitute teacher was sentenced this week on a charge of having sex with a student. 29 year old Jessica Storer of Pandora, was sentenced to two years in prison by Putnam County Judge Randall Basinger. On Dec. 22, 2016, she was initially charged with …

A tragic accident in Henry County where a man died after being pinned in a partially water-filled ditch by his overturned riding lawn mower. The victim was identified as 76 year old August “Jerry” Holzer Jr. of County Road 14, rural Holgate. The scene was initially found by two men …

Superintendent Bill Hanak and treasurer/CFO Maria Rellinger resigned from their respective positions at Tuesday’s Paulding Exempted Village Board of Education meeting, effective July 31, with both citing new opportunities as the reason to step away from their current positions. Hanak, who has served the Paulding district since 2013, was hired …

Paulding County was awarded a $100,000 grant through the Ohio Development Service Agency’s Abandoned Gas Station Cleanup Program to complete a tier 1 study and possibly start a tier 2 remedial action plan for the former 18 Wheeler Truck Stop at 18176 U.S. 127 in Cecil. The property is owned …