Shirley A. Fifer, 86, of Montpelier passed away early Saturday morning at Genesis HealthCare Bryan Center. She was born on September 2, 1930 in Toledo to Carl F. and Harriet F. (Bunting) Wolfe. Shirley graduated from Montpelier High School in 1948, she attended the Inte rnational Business School in Fort …

Naylen K. Fonseca, age 24, of Fayette, Ohio died as a result of injuries sustained in a commercial truck accident on Wednesday. Naylen was an avid truck driver, a Master Mechanic and a devoted husband and father providing for his family. He lost his life doing what he loved; driving …

The Edon Village Council will have a special meeting to discuss cutting the police department’s budget. At the meeting, set for 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, officials will consider the village’s finance committee recommendation to cut $20,000 from the police department’s budget. Councilman Lee Lawrence said the cuts would …

An employee who helped area police solve two break-ins received special recognition during the Feb. 22 meeting of the Corrections Commission of Northwest Ohio. Derek Doornbus, Community Corrections Specialist, was named CCNO Employee of the Year for 2016. He has been employed at CCNO since June 9, 2014. Derek was …

An ad hoc committee will be created in an effort to review bed utilization at the regional jail following Wednesday’s meeting of the Corrections Commission of Northwest Ohio. Jim Dennis, CCNO Executive Director, said he had discussions with the US Marshalls about holding inmates for them and, new on the …

Nostrum Pharmaceuticals’ formulation plant in Bryan has reduced its workforce to “somewhere around 25 essential workers,” according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. The same source said the company has expressed an interest in eventually bringing back a not-yet-determned number of the cut employees. Bryan’s Nostrum plant …

Ohio parents are likely to get some financial assistance as legislators look to renew a three-day window for tax-free purchases of school supplies with a measure currently working its way through both the House and Senate. While the range of items covered in the new proposal is unclear, it figures …

William E. Babinger, age 91, of Hicksville, Ohio, died at 1:40 P.M. on Thursday, February 23, 2017, at Heartland of Wauseon, Ohio, where he was a patient. Bill worked as a machinist for Aro Corporation in Bryan for 42 years. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Bryan. …

Stacy L. Carlin, age 47, of Bryan, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at the Community Hospital & Wellness Center- Bryan. Stacy worked in Sales and Marketing for C.E. Electronics in Bryan, her families business, since she was 10 years old. As a Pastor’s wife, she was very active …

A Fulton County man was killed in a two-vehicle crash north of Delta early Wednesday morning. The crash also closed down the intersection of two highways in the area for several hours. Killed was 24 year old Naylen Fonseca of Fayette. According to troopers of the Toledo post of the …