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 …

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the process Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted is using to remove voters from the rolls is illegal. Husted’s office has removed nearly 1.4 million voter registrations from the voter rolls. Some were dead, were thought to have moved or were …

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), a senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee along with officials from The University of Toledo Health Science Campus are announcing today a ‘significant’ multi-million dollar research funding award from a branch of the National Institute of Health. The NIH funding award will support ongoing research …

Judith A. Engler, age 73, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:17 A.M. on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, where she was a resident. Mrs. Engler was a 1961 graduate of Pentwater, Michigan, High School, where she was homecoming queen her senior year. She was …

Fire destroyed a vacant house Wednesday afternoon east of Edgerton but the flames were the least of firefighters’ concerns on the scene. The fire, according to Edgerton Fire Chief Scott Blue, is being handled cautiously and with kid gloves. There’s a long history of naughty activity out here and the …

An opportunity to raise awareness of suicide, particularly for teenagers, will take place Oct. 1 on the Defiance College campus. That is when the One Step at a Time 5K Run/Walk will be held to increase the awareness of suicide and raise funds for local programs on suicide awareness. The …

The financial crisis that nearly shut down the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio is officially over and the employees who contributed to the cause by pitching in to keep the lights on and cells secured will receive a large bonus at the end of the year in the form of …