Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted is reminding voters that the deadline to register to vote in the May 2nd Primary and Special Election is on April 3rd. Voters in 74 counties may have a local race or issue on the ballot this May. There are 307 local issues appearing …

Montpelier has joined other villages and cities across the state after village council passed a motion in opposition to the centralized collection of income taxes. Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s two-year budget proposal would require businesses to file a total of about $600 million of municipal income taxes through the online …

Danny C. Sovine, 63, of Stryker passed away early Monday morning at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. He was born on January 22, 1954 in Huntington, West Virginia to Denzil C. and Dova L. (Erwin) Sovine. Danny graduated from Hurricane High School, and attended Northwest State Community Colleges. …

Barbara N. Geren, age 73, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:00 P.M. on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mrs. Geren was a longtime resident of the Bryan area and was known for her love of the Halloween season …

Dennis L. Strup, age 76, of Findlay, Ohio, and formerly a longtime resident of both Bryan and Fostoria, Ohio, died at 5:55 A.M. on Sunday, March 26, 2017, at The University of Toledo Medical Center, where he was a patient, after an extended illness. Mr. Strup attended Edon High School …

Madaline Rose Freese, 84 years, formerly of Bryan, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Madaline was born June 17, 1932 in Fremont, Indiana, the daughter of the late Claude Bu rton and Clella C. (O’Connor) Schoonover. She was a 1951 graduate of …

Florence V. Miller, 99 years, of West Unity since 2009, and a former life-long resident of Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017 in her present home with her family at her side. Florence was born August 24, 1917 in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Lester E. …

Dorothy B. Ernsberger, 92 years, of Bryan, passed away Monday, March 27, 2017 at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where she was a resident. Dorothy was born July 1, 1924 in Bryan, the daughter of the late Charles and Bessie (Beard) Shuster. She was a 1942 graduate of Bryan High School. She …

Genie Garza, 66, of Bryan passed away Sunday afternoon at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. She was born on July 15, 1950 in Montpelier to Eugene Franklin and Patricia Ruth (Ferguson) Gordon. Genie was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Montpelier. She graduated from Montpelier High …

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Williams County has lost 569 residents since 2011. The latest Census Bureau figures were released last week and show that Williams County has been losing population for each year since 2011. According to the numbers, populations of Defiance, Fulton, and Henry counties also took …