Bryan Police accuses an area resident of using a Molotov cocktail to set fire to a home on South Union Street. Officials say Hope Williams committed the crime back on July 25…when crews were called to the scene. The blaze ultimately destroyed a mobile home there. Officers say someone was …

One person is hurt after a tractor rolls over on County Road S, between County roads 11 and 12, near Pioneer. Officials say the tractor hit the ditch and flipped. The driver, pinned under one of the tires. Crews free the victim and get him on a helicopter for Parkview …

Janis Ann Kelley (Thomas), age 85, of Napoleon, Ohio passed away August 9, 2020 in Defiance Ohio. She was born on July 12, 1935 at home in Grand Rapids, Ohio to John and Ruth (Soash) Thomas. Janis married Douglas Kelley on November 9, 1957 and he survives. Janis liked to …

Governor, DeWine says Ohio unemployment claimants would receive $300 in federal weekly unemployment assistance under an option provided by the White House that doesn’t require extra state spending. The plan agreed to by the governor means less money for the unemployed under another option, that would provide $400 a week, …

The City of Bryan is again taking residents’ recyclable trash to the recycling center on Buffalo Road. We reported in late March, the city announced recycling operations were being suspended…coronavirus. During the program’s hiatus, city workers continued to collect trash from the red bins provided to residents. However, that was …

Two area men are hoping to increase the production of medical personal protection equipment and will be using a long-vacant Napoleon building in the effort. The Axis LED Group of Defiance will be moving into the former Walmart on Oakwood Avenue, empty for the last 18 years. Officials hope to …

DeKalb County deputies are investigating a crash on County Road 14. A man and child are hurt in the wreck. Officials say Nicholas Martz was eastbound on 14…then, his Jeep leaves the roadway…up a ditch bank, hitting a tree. The SUV flips, upside down. The eight year old boy inside …

You saw this coming. Question…Just how reliable is COVID-19 testing? After Governor DeWine’s positive, then negative, tests results for the illness last week…we reported on that…the issue has now become fuel for the thousands of skeptics out there…who think of government pandemic mandates as no more than over-aggressive policies. All …

Rex E. Manges, age 83, of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 8:49 A.M. on Sunday, August 9, 2020, in his home, surrounded by family, after an extended illness.  Mr. Manges was a 1955 graduate of Edon High School and was a lifelong farmer and mechanic, who worked at several automotive …

Wilma J. Krouse, 95 years, of Hicksville passed away Saturday, August 8, 2020 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hicksville. Wilma was born April 25, 1925, the daughter of the late Charles and Debbie (Mounsey) McCleery. She was a 1943 graduate of Jackson Center High School and continued her education at Methodist …