Williams County Sheriff’s K-9 Max, the 10 year old German shepherd partner of Deputy Scott Shuping is still on his game. The Bryan Times reports Max and Shuping responded to a missing person report at 5:09 a.m. Thursday in the 600 block of County Road 9, Bryan. An elderly woman …

A survey of Ohio county coroners has found more than 4,000 people died from drug overdoses last year in a state among the hardest hit by a heroin and opioid epidemic. The Columbus Dispatch reported Sunday that the state’s 4,149 unintentional fatal overdoses in 2016 are a 36 percent increase …

Debra Kay (Pierson) Ramos, 62 years, of Fayette, passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Maumee. Deb was born March 30, 1955 in Wauseon, Ohio, the daughter of Ralph and Gloria (Traxler) Pierson. She was a 1973 graduate of Hilltop High School, and Four County Career Center. …

A man was arrested after he led authorities on a high speed chase across Williams County on Tuesday. Police attempted to pull over 24-year-old Colton Stiltner of Bryan after he was caught going over 90 miles per hour on his motorcycle. Stiltner fled westbound on US-20 to County Road 10 …

A Hicksville man was arraigned on two child sexual abuse charges in Defiance County Common Pleas Court. 31 year old Christopher Lake of Hicksville, pleaded not guilty to rape and gross sexual imposition. Authorities allege that he engaged in sexual conduct and sexual contact with a female juvenile under 10 …

Ohio’s unemployment rate was 5.0 percent in April 2017, down from 5.1 percent in March 2017. Ohio’s non-agricultural wage and salary employment decreased 5,700 over the month. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in April was 288,000, down 5,000 from 293,000 in March. The number of unemployed has increased …

What began as a single grain elevator and one man’s dream grew into a publicly traded company with diverse interests. Now The Andersons announced its last day of business will be Saturday, June 3, 2017. In January, the company said it would close four retail stores, including two in Columbus, …

Alice A. Riegsecker, age 76, of Archbold, passed away Thursday morning, May 25, 2017, at CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. She was a Registered Nurse, having worked at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home. Alice was born in Berne, Indiana, on May 31, 1940, the daughter of Emerson and Mildred (Mosser) Neuenschwander. …

Richard D. Bauer, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center. Mr. Bauer was a 1948 graduate of Holgate High School and retired in 1992 from Local 8, I.B.E.W. after 35 years of service as an electrician. He served our country in …

Benjamin J. Rediger, 36 years, of West Unity, passed away suddenly on Monday, May 22, 2017 due to injuries received while mowing at Menard’s Distribution Center in Holiday City. Ben was born February 4, 1981 in Montpelier, the son of David and Loretta (Gearig) Rediger. He was a 1999 graduate …