A BOLO alert, “Be on the Look­out”, was sent to Stryker and Spring­field Town­ship res­i­dents though the county’s Alert86 instant mes­sag­ing sys­tem. Many of the mes­sages got through, but oth­ers didn’t. Accord­ing to the direc­tor of the Williams County Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency Dawn Bald­win, the record­ing went to land­lines but …

If you’re dream­ing of a White Christ­mas, you may want to stay in bed. That pesky El Nino is keep­ing warm air over us and the National Weather Ser­vice says Santa will prob­a­bly need an umbrella, with rain pos­si­ble. In fact, the week before Christ­mas, at this point, the temps …

The Bryan Board of Pub­lic Affairs mem­ber Al Horn has retired. The 93-year-old com­mu­nity leader has served on the board since his appoint­ment in 2004. And Horn is going out on top. This year he was inducted into the Ohio Senior Cit­i­zens Hall of Fame in May. Then he was …

In other news, a Fort Wayne man was for­mally charged with drug offenses in Steuben County Mag­is­trates Court after he was arrested Fri­day. 61-year-old John Lin­ton Bar­ringer, Jr. is fac­ing a felony drug deal­ing and a mis­de­meanor traf­fic charge. Police found him asleep in an idling pickup truck that a …

At the new Napoleon Ele­men­tary school, there seems there was a mix-up. Super­in­ten­dent Dr. Steve Fogo changed the way the traf­fic will come onto the grounds and drop off stu­dents. And he appar­ently neglected to tell the city, which had approved other plans. The city noticed that the traf­fic flow …

Kevin Michael Raker, 52 years, of Defiance, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance. Kevin was born on December 10, 1963 in Bryan, Ohio, the son of Richard L. and Joan (Justinger) Raker. He was a 1982 graduate of Fairview High School. Kevin …

A Napoleon city com­mit­tee is say­ing no to poul­try in the city. They’ve rec­om­mended that coun­cil not allow res­i­dents to own poul­try over con­cerns of noise, avian flu, waste, and hav­ing only one employee to enforce the zon­ing code. Other con­cerns included not want­ing to attract preda­tors like foxes and …

A 19-year-old rural Angola man will serve prison time after he admit­ted to try­ing to rob the Marathon gas sta­tion on West Maumee last Feb­ru­ary. Police said James Michael Moore used a BB gun that looked like a real hand gun dur­ing the rob­bery. The clerk showed Moore a knife …

With drones being the big gift this Christ­mas sea­son, the Fre­mont School Board is look­ing ahead and passed a pol­icy to con­trol the use of drones and model air­craft. It states that any school employee or stu­dent who wants to oper­ate an unmanned air­craft vehi­cle must get writ­ten per­mis­sion from …

From Steuben Supe­rior Court on Mon­day, 21-year-old Tyranny Frye of Pleas­ant Lake was sen­tenced to prison for mak­ing meth. He was arrested last April at a hotel north of Angola after a clerk reported a chem­i­cal odor and police checked it out. Frye will serve 3 1/2 years in prison, …