Another house fire, this time on Christ­mas Eve, may have started as an elec­tri­cal prob­lem in the wall of the home. A fire broke out in Henry County at din­ner time, about 6 p.m. on County Road J in Elery. The cou­ple and their 10 year old daugh­ter were about …

In Con­ti­nen­tal, there are two empty coun­cil seats, and the Vil­lage Coun­cil will meet tonight to dis­cuss can­di­dates. One coun­cil seat is for a full term, the other is for the remain­der of the term that expires in 2017. The meet­ing is in the vil­lages town hall and begins at …

David L. Lovejoy, age 59, of Kunkle, Ohio, died at 1:42 A.M. on Monday, December 21, 2015, in his home after an brief illness. A longtime resident of California, Mr. Lovejoy had moved to Ohio in 2009, with his parents staying with them for five years. He has been employed …

Lyle L. “Bud” Everetts, 94, of Bryan passed away Saturday afternoon at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on October 5, 1921 in Troy Township, Indiana to Gilbert and Maude (Betts) Everetts. Bud married June Ann Pike on May 3, 1948 in Angola, Indiana. Bud was a heavy …

John Arthur Lougheed, 81, of North Webster, Indiana and formerly of Williams County, passed away on Dec. 26, 2015, at Millers Merry Manor in Syracuse, Indiana. He was born June 21, 1934 in Montpelier, Ohio to Lester A. and Mary Isabelle (Fischer) Lougheed. He married JoAnn (Psurny) Long on October …

Evelyn M. Fielitz, 93 years, of Alvordton, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan. Evelyn was born August 16, 1922 in Albany, New York, the daughter of the late Alva and Christina (Speiser) Reed. She married Jack Hill and the marriage ended in divorce. …

Alta L. Rohers, age 43, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:07 P.M. on Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at the Cleveland Clinic where she was a patient after a brief illness. Mrs. Roehrs was a stay at home mom who enjoyed camping, cooking and baking and spending time with her family …

Lola V. Hoffman, 102, of Pioneer passed away Wednesday evening at Hillside Country Living in rural Bryan. She was born on May 9, 1913 in Kunkle, Ohio to Melville H. and Myrtle M. (Parsons) Swank. Lola married Arnold S. Hoffman in September of 1935 and he preceded her in death …

Glema Elvira Treer, 95, left this earth on Friday, December 18 at Hope Hospice in Lehigh Acres, Florida. She was born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana to Howard J. Sayles and Della Pearl (Teller) Sayles. She married Robert E. Treer on June 24, 1939. She had 2 brothers Clare and Kenneth …

Defi­ance County Com­mis­sioner Otto Nicely has been selected as trea­surer of the 2016 County Com­mis­sion­ers Asso­ci­a­tion of Ohio. Nicely has served on the board for the past 15 years. He was elected by the annual win­ter con­fer­ence in Colum­bus. He is vice-chairman of the association’s Health and Human Ser­vices committee.