A Defiance man was arrested Tuesday in connection to a shooting incident that was reported on Defiance’s northside Monday morning. According to the Defiance Police Department, 38 year old Joshua Wachtman of Seneca St., was arrested Tuesday on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and having weapons while under disability. …

The president of the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) will visit Defiance on Tuesday, Sept. 13, to speak to area attorneys about current issues facing the legal profession and to recognize two area lawyers. Ronald S. Kopp, 2016-2017 OSBA president, will address the District 3 annual luncheon meeting at Serrick …

59 year old Cheryl Price of Pontiac Drive, appeared for sentencing on a charge of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, a third-degree felony. She was placed on community control for two years, given 30 days in CCNO with work release, and ordered to report …

With great sadness, we said goodbye to our dad, Harlen Clark, on Sunday, August 28, 2016. Dad died from complications associated with multiple myeloma and more recently colon cancer. He was born on December 3, 1933, to Dale and Evelyn Clark. He was the third of their five children. He …

Ray Wells, age 86, of Wauseon passed away early Monday August 29, 2016 at Heartland of Waterville. Prior to his retirement he had worked at General Motors Central Foundry in Defiance for 39 years. He was also a door to door salesman for Rawleigh Products in Defiance, Fulton, Williams and …

John A. Smith, Jr., age 71, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:15 P.M. on Saturday, August 20, 2016, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient. Mr. Smith was a long time employee of Fleetwood Industries in Edgerton where he worked until the plant …

Jerry W. Burt, age 71, died at 6:45 P.M. on Friday, August 26, 2016, at Genesis HealthCare, Bryan Center, where he was a patient after an extended illness. Mr. Burt was employed by AT & T in West Unity for thirty-five years, retiring twenty years ago. He enjoyed GeoCaching which …

Defiance Police are investigating reports of shots fired by North Clinton and Hilton near the Defiance College campus. College officials say the campus was on a precautionary lockdown on Monday with no reports of an active shooter. Defiance Police say there are no reports of injuries at this time. Officials …

There seems to be a revolving door at the Sandusky County Sheriff’s office as another change at the top has taken place. The office now has their third administrator in charge in less than a week. But County officials are not worried, and are carefully going over their options. Monday …

A recent federal court decision upheld an Ohio law that wiped out the so-called Golden Week, the period of time when voters can both register and cast a ballot at the same time. That’s being appealed. And that isn’t the last of legal questions and lawsuits. Ohio State University Law …