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A Defiance man indicted for stealing from the Leipsic Post Office while he worked there last summer will be sentenced. 20 year old Douglas Bush will appear before Judge Jeffrey Helmick of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, for sentencing on July 21st at 1:30 p.m. Bush was …
Read More »Defiance police chief to retire, position to be open to all to apply
The hiring of Defiance’s next police chief is expected to be accomplished in early autumn. The city’s civil service commission discussed the hiring process during a meeting Tuesday. The three-member commission had decided unanimously on June 16 to exercise a city charter provision allowing outside candidates as well as inside …
Read More »Angola sex offender turns self in
An Angola man surrendered without incident at the Steuben County Jail on Monday night on a warrant charging him with a felony count of failure to register as a sex or violent offender. The Steuben County Sheriff’s Department said in a release that 31 year old Steven J. Hawn was …
Read More »Man spared prison on weapons charge
A Delta man was sentenced in the Fulton County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle. 20-year-old Austin Head of Delta was sentenced to 2 years of community control after previously pleading guilty. If he fails to comply with the terms …
Read More »Memorial ride set for Saturday to bring attention to organ donation
The third annual Kaleb McLaughlin Memorial Ride and Organ Donation Awareness Day is Saturday. Kaleb’s parents, Kim and Kevin Oxender of Pioneer organize the ride in memory of their son who was killed in a one-vehicle crash just a year after he graduated from North Central High School. Kaleb was …
Read More »Don H. Garver, 98
Don H. Garver, 98 years, of Bryan passed away Monday, July 4, 2016 in Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance. Don was born September 21, 1917 in Ney, Ohio, the son of the late Arl and Susie (Connelly) Garver. He was a 1936 graduate of Ney High School and continued …
Read More »Menzaneta R. Buck, 93
Menzaneta R. Buck, age 93, of Edon, Ohio, died peacefully in her home on July 4, 2016. Mrs. Buck was a graduate of St. Vincent School of Nursing and worked as a registered nurse at Williams County General Hospital in Montpelier, Ohio, operated a nursing home in Edon and later …
Read More »Marathon station on track for opening in less than a month
The Marathon gas station in Bryan could be open by Aug. 1, the new franchisee told the Bryan Times yesterday. Phil Carper, owner of the Phil’s One Stop, said about a month’s worth of work remains to get the station ready for customers. Carper owns 14 Phil’s One Stop locations …
Read More »OSP releases 4th of July traffic deaths
More people died this year during the 4th of July holiday weekend in traffic crashes reported to The Ohio State Highway Patrol. They say 12 people died in 11 traffic crashes between Friday the first and Monday the fourth. The patrol says impairment was proven to be a factor in …
Read More »Jet ski explosion injures Michigan woman
A 23-year-old Michigan woman was injured on the 4th of July when her jet ski exploded on Coldwater Lake and caught on fire. It happened about 12:30 p.m. on the lake’s north side, according to the Branch County Sheriff’s Department. The jet ski was found engulfed in flames. The victim’s …
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