Count it down, everyone…it is now 37 until Christmas and earlier this week teamwork was the theme as workers from Bryan Municipal Utilities re-attached the Christmas lights cable between the courthouse and buildings on the east side of the downtown square. The cable was detached earlier this year to make …

An Ohio village has removed a town seal featuring a Christian church from government buildings, street signs and various documents after objections by a national watchdog group. The Freedom From Religion Foundation says the village of Archbold also has stopped calling itself a “Christian community” on its website. The action …

Governor John R. Kasich announced this week that he will appoint Barbara Sears to serve as director of the Ohio Department of Medicaid. Sears currently serves as Assistant Director of the Governor’s Office of Health Transformation and is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives. Sears will replace …

GOP State Rep. Rob McColley of Napoleon ran unopposed and was elected Nov. 8 for a second two-year term representing Williams, Henry and Putnam counties. The Bryan Times reports now he’ll have additional legislative duties as he was elected by his colleagues in the House Republican Caucus leadership team to …

Eugene Grant Vanderbunt, age 88, of Wauseon passed away on Monday, November 14, 2016 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Toledo. Prior to his retirement he had been worked in the restaurant Ev’s Place, which he later purchased and became Gene’s Place. He had also worked as a herdsman for …

Tommy Johnson, age 64, of Hicksville, Ohio, died at 1:10 P.M. on Monday, November 14, 2016, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mr. Johnson was a heavy equipment operator and had been employed by Stoneco and worked out of the Scott and Auglaize …

Pamela J. Kerr, age 64, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:46 A.M. on Monday, November 14, 2016, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where she was a patient, after an extended illness. Mrs. Kerr was a 1971 graduate of Defiance High School and had been employed at several …

Frances Lerma, age 52, of Delta, Ohio, passed away Monday, November 14, 2016 at the Fulton County Health Center, following a brief battle with cancer. She was born in Mathis, Texas on April 9, 1964 to Presiliano R. and Maria (Avila) Lerma. Prior to her retirement earlier this year, she …

Leighton M. Fritz, 88 years, of Hamilton, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at the Laurels of DeKalb in Butler, with his family at his bedside. Leighton was born June 9, 1928 in Farmer, Ohio, the son of the late Russell and Daisy (Skees) Fritz. He was a 1946 graduate …

A couple hundred people attended an open house to discuss a feasibility study for relocating Ohio 66 away from downtown Archbold. The public meeting that was held Tuesday at Northwest State Community College, dealt with a proposal to relocate Ohio 66 to Fulton County Road 24. The purpose of the …