A Defiance man was reported missing on Saturday and police would like help tracking him down. He is 58-year-old James Renn. He was last seen on Friday. Renn is described as being 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighing about 260 pounds. He has gray hair, blue eyes and is clean …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office is getting two new “go-to” SUVs for the department. They’ve purchased all-wheel drive Police Interceptor Utilities. The nearly $30,000 vehicle is built on a Ford Explorer SUV base. Right now the two new SUVs are having all their added equipment, sirens and logos added.

An elderly man from Defiance man reportedly drowned late last week. The man, 73-year-old James Greenler went into the pond on Buckskin Rd., just northwest of the city and didn’t resurface. A dive team was able to find and retrieve the man’s body. He was pronounced dead at Defiance Regional …

The Bard Family Foundation has donated $400,000 to the capital fundraising campaign for the Williams County Family YMCA. The family made the announcement yesterday. The YMCA is raising $2.5 million dollars to renovate and upgrade the facility in Bryan on Faber Drive. The money will go to a for new …

Cedar Point said yesterday that Mean Streak, a wooden roller coaster that’s thrilled fans since 1991, is closing on Sept. 16th. The park is taking down the ride to make room to develop Frontier Town.

In southwest Ohio, a 22-year-old man who plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol in the name of ISIS during the president’s State of the Union address has pleaded guilty to attempting to kill government employees and a host of other charges. Christopher Cornell of Green Township, Ohio attempted to travel …

Josephine E. Slattman, 92 years, of West Unity, and formerly of Fayette, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2016 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance, with her family at her side. Josephine was born October 15, 1923 in Continental, Ohio, the daughter of the late Virgil and Edna (James) Bush. …

Dennis A. Holthues, age 60, of Pioneer, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at his campsite near Angola, Indiana. Mr. Holthues was a 1974 graduate of Edon High School and was currently employed by Letica Corporation in Fremont, Indiana, as a supervisor. He was a member of St. …

The body of a missing Defiance man is found in Goll Woods State Nature Preserve in Fulton County. The man, 56-year-old Daryl Jones was reported missing on July 23rd and his car was found the next day near the nature preserve. The body was finally discovered a week later by …

Napoleon firefighters were called to W. Clinton St. on Friday afternoon for a house fire that severely damaged the home. Six people have been displaced by the fire. There were several people inside the home at the time and were able to get out without injury. Firefighters have not announced …