Peo­ple love incen­tives when there is a com­pe­ti­tion. And in Ayersville, a bet between Assis­tant Prin­ci­ple Kirk Jones and Ele­men­tary Prin­ci­pal Beth Hench sparked a lot of dona­tions for a food drive to help needy fam­i­lies. Turns out, when the final tally came in, the super­in­tent­dent he would make up …

The Rich­land Place PATH Cen­ter was the place for the annual Christ­mas party for Com­mu­nity Cares project. The event held Sat­ur­day included din­ner, fel­low­ship and a place to con­nect dur­ing a dif­fi­cult time of year for many in our community.

Sev­eral arrested were made over the week­end. The Multi-Area Nar­cotics Task Force detained five peo­ple while exe­cut­ing a search war­rant for meth in Bryan. Uni­formed Bryan cops cor­doned off the area of S. Lynn St. and under­cover agents in ski masks assisted. Police got a tip about chil­dren being in …

Nancy L. Farrell, 75 years, of Paulding, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Nancy was born October 21, 1940 in Iron Mountain, Michigan. She was a graduate of Kingsford High School, Kingsford, Michigan. Nancy was employed as a line worker for Consolidated Biscuit for …

Lay­offs are com­ing to Titan Tire in Bryan, at least 130 employ­ees will be laid off next year. Titan Tire man­age­ment noti­fied the Ohio Office of Work­force Devel­op­ment of the com­ing lay­offs. The company’s oper­a­tions man­ager, Thomas Ort, said that weak mar­ket con­di­tions are are not expected to improve dur­ing …

A man indicted for allegedly steal­ing from the Leip­sic Post Office while employed there this sum­mer will have a pre-trial con­fer­ence on Jan. 26. 20-year-old Dou­glas Bush entered a not guilty plea on mis­ap­pro­pri­a­tion of funds, which is a fed­eral charge. He is free on a $10,000 unse­cured bond. Bush …

U.S. Navy Petty Offi­cer 2nd Class Ran­dall Smith will be awarded the Pur­ple Heart pos­tu­mously. The Pauld­ing native died July 18 dur­ing the domes­tic ter­ror­ist attack on the Navy Oper­a­tions Sup­port Cen­ter in Chat­tanooga, Tenn. Smith was 26 when he died. More than 1,000 peo­ple attended the local ser­vices for …

Donald D. Ray, age 88, of West Unity, Ohio, died at 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, December 15, 2015, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio, after becoming ill while returning home from shopping with his family. Mr. Ray served in the United States Navy and …

Mary Jane Schrock, age 80, of Wauseon passed away Wednesday December 16, 2015 in her home. Prior to her retirement she had worked as a Registered Nurse at the Fulton County Health Center in Wauseon for more than 20 years. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home.

Defi­ance City Schools super­in­ten­dent Mike Stru­ble held a sec­ond com­mu­nity pre­sen­ta­tion at Defi­ance Com­mu­nity Audi­to­rium. The topic was edu­ca­tion. Stru­ble went over pre­lim­i­nary results of the state report card, the finan­cial sta­tus of the dis­trict and the progress of construction. Prin­ci­pals have received only pre­lim­i­nary results for the 2014–15 school …