Neil Ray Sebring, age 69, of Delta, passed away Monday morning, December 28, 2015 in his home. Prior to his retirement he was a Groover Technician for Bunting Bearing in Holland, for over 30 years. Neil was born in Wauseon on January 14, 1946, the son of Dale and Lounetta …

Barbara Ann Szkudlarek, age 70, of Delta, passed away December 23, 2015, at Toledo Hospital. Prior to her retirement she had owned and operated her own over the road semi. Barbara was born in Iowa on May 2, 1945, the daughter of Lawerence and Vivian Eattinger. On March 25, 1976 …

Ruth Ann Apt, 70 years, of Sherwood, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2015, in her residence. Ruth was born on June 18, 1945, in Henry County, the daughter of the late Lawrence and Lorena (Aschemeier) Herge. She was a 1963 graduate of Napoleon High School and furthered her education at …

Williams County Sher­iffs deputies made two arrests over the week­end. 32-year-old Joshua Stall of Bryan was arrested on a Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas War­rant for fail­ure to com­ply with com­mu­nity con­trol. He was taken to the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio. 52-year-old Susan Kay Pat­ten of Bryan was arrested for …

The Williams County Fair Foun­da­tion has new offi­cers elected to their posts that begin Jan­u­ary first. John McDon­ald is the new Pres­i­dent, Scott Car­oll is vice-president. Carol Knep­per stays as trea­surer and Carol Goebel remains the secretary.

CCW appli­ca­tions have risen over the hol­i­day sea­son. The Bryan Times reports Williams County is open daily with­out an appoint­ment to process an appli­ca­tion. Accord­ing to one clerk, the fourth quar­ter of this year has been the busiest, with 117 new appli­ca­tions and 42 renewals. Over­all, one clerk, Kelly Hig­gins, …

We have new infor­ma­tion about a util­ity scam in Mont­pe­lier. A res­i­dent called police to say some­one had called from the “elec­tric depart­ment” and told the home­owner they were late on their pay­ment. The home­owner began to ask ques­tions, and the caller hung up. Police Chief Dan McGee warns res­i­dents …

As promised, down­town Bryan Christ­mas dec­o­ra­tions started com­ing down this week, so they could clear the way for the cour­t­house roof and tower repair project that is set to be begin after the first of the year. The nearly $1.5 mil­lion dol­lar restora­tion will repair in exte­rior and inte­rior of …

Freez­ing rains and high winds knocked down power lines yes­ter­day between Antwerp and Payne. Ohio 49 was closed while ODOT crews work to clear the poles. There were power out­ages due to the wind and rain. Some scat­tered out­ages in West Unity in Williams County were reported, and in Hol­gate …

We’re get­ting new infor­ma­tion about a fire on Sun­day that destroyed a Hicksville home. Four fire depart­ments responded to the 200 block of W. Hicks St. about 11:30 Sun­day night. The 1 1/2 story home is unin­hab­it­able, sus­tain­ing up to $75,000 dam­age. The occu­pants were home at the time, and …