The Williams County Department of Job & Family Services has filed an appeal of a State of Ohio Personnel Board of Review (PBR) Dec. 1 decision to reinstate fired former employee Cindy Brinkman. The ruling was the result of an appeal by Brinkman of a July 20 PBR decision upholding …

While Ohio Gov. John Kasich has vetoed the so-called “heartbeat bill,” separate legislation is still alive that would legalize the installation of safety incubators, commonly known as “baby boxes.” The amendment legalizing “baby boxes” is included in Senate Bill 332, the so-called “infant mortality bill,” that has passed both the …

Patricia Ann Johnson, age 85, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, died at12:15 A.M. on Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at Heritage Park Nursing Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a brief illness. Ms. Johnson grew up in Edgerton, Ohio, in an athletic family that would compete with their neighbors and would soon …

28 year old James Powers of Mill Street in Fayette has been indicted by the Williams County Grand Jury on multiple counts of buglary and receiving stolen property. Powers is accused of breaking and entering into homes on North Emmett Street in Bryan and US20-A in West Unity. The thefts …

Geraldine {Gerrie} Glenn passed away peacefully on December 14, 2016. She was born to Curtis Boggs and Grace Mitchell Secrest on May 29, 1922 in Earlham, Iowa where she also attended school, graduating in 1940. She was truly a woman before her time, owning and operating her own clothing store …

Ohio State Senator Cliff Hite (R-Findlay) has been elected to serve as first vice chair of the Midwestern Legislative Conference, a nonpartisan association of state and provincial legislators that fosters regional cooperation, information sharing and leadership development. Senator Hite was also slated to serve as chair beginning in 2018. Hite …

The Office of the Comptroller of Currency on Tuesday approved the merger of Commercial Savings Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Commercial Bancshares Inc., into First Federal, a wholly-owned bank subsidiary of First Defiance Financial Corp. The acquisition includes seven, full-service Commercial Savings Bank offices in Hancock, Wyandot and Marion counties …

Barbara Avona (Johnston) Eschhofen, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio passed away Saturday, December 10, 2016 at her home. Born April 14, 1929 in Edgerton, Ohio, Barbara was the daughter of Carleton D. and V. Hope (Farnham) Johnson and was a graduate of Bryan High School. She married LaVon C. Eschhofen …

The Pioneer Village Council discussed baby boxes at its meeting Monday evening, though no action will be taken until the law is finalized. The Ohio General Assembly legalized safety incubators, or “baby boxes” – a padded, heated, enclosed box where mothers can anonymously surrender unwanted newborns – as part of …

A Fremont man and his passenger escaped harm when their vehicle was struck by a train just east of here Saturday night. According to the Toledo post of the Ohio Highway Patrol, at 11:05 p.m., a vehicle driven by Casey Lovell, 21, Fremont, was westbound on Fulton County Road D, …