Ohio’s unemployment rate was 4.8 percent in September 2016, up from 4.7 percent in August. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment decreased 3,100 over the month, from a revised 5,501,000 in August to 5,497,900 in September 2016. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in September was 275,000, up 4,000 …

Montpelier Village Council met on Monday. They reviewed the proposed 2017 budget. Members approved the first reading, with member Chris Kannel noting that a 2 percent increase built in for village employees has generated quite a bit of negative feedback from members of the community. Village Manager Kevin Brooks said …

Trey Daniel Walz, age 18, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, October 22, 2016, in flight to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Trey was a 2016 graduate of Edon High School, where he played football, basketball and baseball. He was active with Boy Scout …

David Lee Sidle, Sr, 68 of Montpelier Ohio, passed away peacefully in his home on Sunday, October 23, 2016, with his family by his side. David was born on April 8, 1948 in Bryan Ohio to Lester S. and Elizabeth M. (Blair) Sidle, and graduated from the Bryan High School …

Deputies from the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office were called to the area of the 8200 block of W 350 N on a 911 call of a burglary early Saturday morning. Steuben County Sheriff’s Department report that a motorcycle had just been taken from a garage and was last known to …

A Defiance man was killed Sunday evening when his scooter was struck on U.S. 24 in Defiance County. Danny Hepworth Jr., Defiance, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Defiance County Coroner Dr. Gary Okuley. According to the Defiance post of the Ohio Highway Patrol, at 9:50 p.m., on …

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine warned Cleveland fans to beware of ticket scams ahead of the World Series, which begins tonight in Cleveland, along with the Cleveland Cavaliers’ home opener. World Series ticket prices spiked after Cleveland eliminated Toronto in the American League Championship Series on Wednesday night. Earlier in …

A man who told authorities he was trying to break up a fight when his friend crashed his vehicle into the Brokaw Movie House over the weekend. Angola City Police Department officers were dispatched early Saturday morning around 3:40 a.m. to the area of 200 North Public Square in reference …

Robert S. Ruhlin, age 89, died peacefully, surrounded by family, on Friday, October 21, 2016, at FCHC. He was born November 29, 1926, in Wauseon, Ohio, to Sherman I. and Jessie J. (Lehman) Ruhlin. He married Doris J. Bruner on December 19, 1948. Bob joined the U.S. Navy shortly after …

Larry “Joe” Chamberlain, age 76, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Friday, October 21, 2016, at Community Health and Wellness Centers- Bryan, where he had been a patient. Joe was a welder at Challenge Cook for many years and was also employed by 50+5 Corporation and Airmate. He loved hunting, …