Deer hunting is an extremely popular activity for sportsmen statewide. Ohio’s white-tailed deer continue to provide hunters across the state with excellent opportunities for success as they head out into the field. Ohio’s deer-gun season opens Monday, Nov. 28. Hunting remains the most effective management tool for maintaining Ohio’s healthy …

Jerry Matheny passed away on November 3rd 2016, surrounded by loved ones and is now enjoying eternal life in heaven free from the debilitating pain that he has suffered for the past few years. Jerry was born on August 24, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan to Margaret and Ken Beedon. In …

Ayersville Local Board of Education met in special session Wednesday afternoon to take action on a grievance and unfair labor practice settlement filed through the State Employment Relations Board (SERB). The board rejected the settlement by a vote of 3-2. The board had initially appealed SERB’s order concerning the nature …

While embattled Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer remains on Tuesday’s election ballot, he’ll be spending election day behind bars. The Toledo Blade reports a judge revoked bond Thursday for Sheriff Overmyer and sent him to jail as he faces multiple felony drug, theft, and record tampering charges. In August, visiting …

Protesters held a demonstration against the Dakota Access pipeline yesterday at the Swanton post of the Ohio Highway Patrol. Members of the Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition said they want the 37 Ohio Highway Patrol troopers providing security in North Dakota to return from their assignment. Local organizers called the pipeline …

Darlene “Rose” Lands, age 63, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family on November 2, 2016. Rose was born February 27, 1953, in London, Ohio to the late Denford Wilson and Mary Caldwell Burgett. Rose was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her family …

Lorraine A. Frey, age 94, of Wauseon, passed from this life into the arms of her Lord on November 2, 2016 at Ebeid Hospice Residence in Sylvania, Ohio. She was born on January 30, 1922 in Delta, Ohio to Howard Columbus and Anna Entenmann Vollmer. Lorraine was a 1940 graduate …

Barbara “Ann” Mull Welch, age 80, of Wauseon passed away early Wednesday November 2, 2016 at the Defiance Area Inpatient Care Center surrounded by her family. Prior to her retirement she had worked for the former McCord Corporation in Wauseon for many years. Mrs. Welch was born on July 6, …

The Paulding Education Association (PEA) has filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge against the Paulding Exempted Village Board of Education, over the board’s lack of action in not filling the district’s librarian position. The charge has been filed by the PEA with the State Employment Relation Board (SERB), as …

Two men are facing felony charges after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers located fraudulent World Series Tickets in a vehicle during a traffic stop in Wood County. Troopers stopped a 2015 Chevrolet Impala, with Illinois registration, for a lane change violation on Interstate 80 near milepost 69, at 9:31a.m. on …