A state lawmaker says he wants to make it clear that a lot of what Fantasy sports sites like Draft Kings and Fan Duel are doing is illegal in Ohio. Republican Senator Bill Coley of the Cincinnati area says daily fantasy sports sites are essentially gambling pools for profit which …

Trine University moved up to 22nd among the top Midwestern regional colleges in the 2016 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s top colleges. That move Trine up from 29th last year. For those interested in attending Trine, Thunder Nation Visit Day is scheduled for October 1st. Open houses are …

A Steuben County Superior Court jury found Paul Kage, Jr. of Fremont guilty of a Level 5 felony for Operating a Motor Vehicle After a Lifetime Suspension and of being an Habitual Offender. After the twelve-person jury found Kage guilty of the Level 5 felony, Chief Deputy Prosecutor Travis Musser …

Marjorie Jane Hinkle, age 74, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2016, at Parkview Heart Institute in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient, after a brief illness. Mrs. Hinkle was a 1960 graduate of Edgerton High School and graduated from Davis Business College in Toledo, …

Barbara S. “Sue” Bany, age 74, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:15 A.M. on Friday, September 23, 2016, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where she was a patient. Mrs. Bany was a 1960 graduate of Hilltop High School and was a long time member of Bryan …

Lewis H. Linneman, age 101, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully in his home at 8:21 A.M. on Friday, September 23, 2016. Mr. Linneman attended school in Celina, Ohio and after working at Optical Assembly he moved to Bryan and opened Russell’s Men’s Store in 1948 with Russ Kessen and …

Nancy Joan Walz, 84 years, of Alvordton, passed away Thursday evening, September 22, 2016 at Hillside Country Living, Bryan with her family at her bedside. Nancy was born October 10, 1931 in North Baltimore, Ohio, the daughter of the late Harold LaVerne and Erma Belle (Northrup) Parsons. She was a …

In the nearly eight years since the Paulding County Jail closed, the county has paid more than $2 million to house prisoners elsewhere. Paulding County Sheriff Jason Landers hopes the county’s voters decide enough is enough and bring those funds back to the county by reopening the jail. The Crescent …

A Montpelier man was arrested Thursday afternoon inside the Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers-Montpelier emergency room. 46 year old Jason Crist of S. Platt St., Montpelier, is facing charges of disorderly conduct and inducing panic. Police responded to an agency assist request from hospital staff at 4:08 p.m. when Crist …

The Williams County Fair will not put on another main concert unless the cost is 75 percent covered by sponsorship money by February. The Bryan Times reports Fair board chairman Dave Page made the motion at the fair board’s post-fair regular monthly meeting Thursday. The motion was passed unanimously by …