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Earl Mahlon Husted, 80

Earl Mahlon Husted, age 80, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:45 A.M. on Saturday, January 9, 2016, at Laurels of DeKalb Nursing Center in Butler, Indiana, after a brief illness. Mr. Husted was employed as a welder with Challenge-Cook Brothers in Bryan from 1959-1974 and drove semi throughout the Bryan …

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Carl J. Davidson, age 80

Carl J. Davidson, age 80, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:21 P.M. on Friday, January 8, 2016, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Davidson was field supervisor for Jones and Henry Engineering, retiring in 2000 with twenty-seven years …

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Robert C. “Bob” Mountz, 86

Robert C. “Bob” Mountz, 86 years, of Hamilton, passed away Monday, January 4, 2016 at Cameron Memorial Hospital, Angola. Bob was born July 28, 1929 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the son of the late Fay Lynn and Dorothy May (Bowerman) Mountz. He was a 1948 graduate of Huntertown High School. …

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Robert B. Impton, 86

Robert B. Impton, age 86, of Waldron, Michigan, passed away at his home on Thursday, January 7, 2016. Mr. Impton retired from Campbell’s Soup Company in Napoleon, Ohio, after 33 years of service. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in Alaska during the Korean War. Robert B. Impton …

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Ohio sees two winners in Powerball drawing worth $1M

In last Wednesday’s Power­ball, two tick­ets sold in Ohio that hit five of the num­bers and each are worth one mil­lion dol­lars. The tick­ets were sold in Goshen and Mil­ford. It’s impor­tant to check your tick­ets because you could have won other amounts!

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Gas prices for new work week

Check­ing gas prices as we get back to work on a Mon­day, it’s now $1.79 for a gal­lon of reg­u­lar unleaded. You can find it at the Marathon or Cir­cle K on South Main in Bryan, the Valero on S. Union and the Shell on East High Street. Ana­lysts are …

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Nominations due Feb. 5 for Defiance Hall of Fame

Defi­ance City Hall of Fame needs more faces. Nom­i­na­tions are being accepted now to honor com­mu­nity mem­bers who make a sig­nif­i­cant impact in their cho­sen field and enhance life in Defi­ance. Nom­i­na­tions forms are avail­abe at the Defi­ance Pub­lic Library, City Hall, the Cresent-News busi­ness office and the Andrew L. …

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Archbold man sentenced in April shooting death

An Arch­bold man was sen­tenced to prison Fri­day after­noon in Ful­ton County Com­mon Pleas Court for the death of Joshua McJil­ton. The judge sen­tenced 39-year-old Romualdo Cor­doba, Jr. to 14 years for the shoot­ing death last April. The vic­tim was killed when Cor­doba approached his wife’s vehi­cle behind a Wauseon …

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Flatrock to open winery Saturday

A new win­ery is set to open in Napoleon on Sat­ur­day. The Fla­trock Win­ery and Mead­ery will hold its grand open­ing at the loca­tion at 127 West Wash­ing­ton St. begin­ning at 3 p.m., till 11 p.m. There are three sit­ting rooms, board games and the win­ery will offer sake, mead …

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Assisted living fire caused by lamp

Inves­ti­ga­tors say a fire at a Put­nam County assisted liv­ing facil­ity was caused by a lamp. Two peo­ple were injured in the fire Wednes­day just before 1 a.m. at the Mead­ows of Leipic. They say a lamp knocked over dur­ing the night started a small trash can fire. The staff …

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