Linda Anne McCord, age 66, of Lyons, Ohio passed away Monday May 29, 2017 at Ebeid Hospice in Toledo. Mrs. McCord was retired from the US Army. In her retirement she also worked as an accountant and tax preparer. Mrs. McCord was born on February 23, 1951 in Michigan City, …

A Defiance man has been arraigned in Defiance County Common Pleas Court on three sexual abuse charges. 20 year old Timothy Moore of Douglas St., pleaded not guilty to rape; sexual battery; and gross sexual imposition. A pretrial hearing was scheduled for June 28 and bond was set at $100,000 …

A robbery suspect was apprehended this week with help from EMS personnel responding to an unrelated incident. Defiance police had been looking for an armed robbery suspect since the holiday weekend, and the suspect turned up on Tuesday during a medical call by the Williams County EMS when they responded …

More than a decade ago, the deal to privatize the Indiana Toll Road was struck Now it’s judgement day. Commuters who were shielded from rate increases during that decade began paying the going rate yesterday…an increase of 126 percent. The increase is just the first of what will likely be …

Garage sale junkies…listen up…a local couple has planned a 30-mile garage sale running along Ohio 424 from Waterville, in Lucas County, to Florida, on the western edge of Henry County. The event is set for June 8-10 and will include the towns of Florida, Napoleon, Liberty Center, Texas, Grand Rapids …

James R. Powers, 77, of North Olmsted, Ohio died Monday, May 29, 2017 at St, John’s Hospital, Westlake, Ohio. He was born August 21,1939 in Monclova, Ohio to the late John P. and Floy (Double) Powers. He married Betty Jean Barnes on June 30,1962. James was a graduate of Anthony …

Charles Ivan “Charlie” Potes, age 84, of Wauseon passed away Tuesday May 30, 2017 in his home. Prior to his retirement, he had worked for the S.E. Johnson Company as Superintendent. He had worked for them for 47 years. He had also worked for the former Lammons Garage in Wauseon. …

G. Eloise (Weis) Smith, age 83, of West Unity, Ohio, passed away Wednesday morning, May 31, 2017, at Genesis Care Center in Bryan. She was a graduate of Pioneer High School, and she also graduated from nurses training with her Registered Nurse Degree from Lutheran Hospital in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. …

Rosemarie Karlstadt, 79 years, of Bryan, passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2017 in her daughter, Penny’s residence in Midway, Georgia. Rosemarie was born February 24, 1938 in Mark Center, Ohio, the daughter of the late Eugene and Marie (Bereininger) Thompson. She married Richard A. McClure on August 1, 1955 in …

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting 14 deaths on Ohio roadways over the 2017 Memorial Day weekend. In 2016, 15 fatalities occurred, and 16 occurred in 2015. One of this year’s fatalities was a motorcyclist, and seven were pedestrians. The four-day reporting period began Friday, May 26 and ran …