David G. Taylor, age 62, of Montpelier, Ohio, died Saturday, December 5, 2015, at Community Health and Wellness Centers-Bryan, where he had been a patient. Mr. Taylor was the Sales Manager at Yoder Fuller Ford, formerly Angola Ford, for over 20 years. David was an avid golfer and loved time …

A man has pleaded guilty to induc­ing panic after he called in a bomb threat to Kalida Man­u­fac­tur­ing this sum­mer. 23-year-old Thomas Hollingsworth is sched­uled to be sen­tenced on Jan­u­ary 6th in Put­nam County Com­mon Pleas Court. Accord­ing to the Put­nam County Sheriff’s Office, they received a call from some­one …

The Cen­tral Local School Board wants to build a new school for their six through 12 graders. They announced their deci­sion to ask vot­ers in March to approve a .25 per­cent tra­di­tional income tax for 23 years, and a 2.13 mill prop­erty tax bond for 37 years. The board is …

A New Year’s Eve party will also serve as a fundraiser to fight can­cer. The New Year’s Eve Bash will be held in Defi­ance at the Local 211 UAW Hall on Bal­ti­more Avenue. The party will have a huge spread of appe­tiz­ers, adult bev­er­ages and live music. Tick­ets are $45 …

A McClure man is in a Toledo hos­pi­tal in crit­i­cal con­di­tion after a one car crash over the week­end. Ran­dall Ottinger was dri­ving about 3:30 a.m. Sat­ur­day and failed to nego­ti­ate a curve. He drove off the road, over­cor­rected, skid­ded, then hit a guardrail and flipped over it. His car …

The Stryker Vil­lage Coun­cil is look­ing at gap in K-9 cov­er­age, after their meet­ing Mon­day night. The Police Chief said their cur­rent offi­cer, Rea­gan, is ready to retire, and her replace­ment isn’t quite ready. They are look­ing for a new trainer who can get the dog ready.

The num­bers are in for deer-gun hunt­ing sea­son so far this year. Hunters checked 73,399 white-tailed deer for the seven days of hunt­ing. Williams County had 1,253 deer checked. The final tally is higher than last years har­vest by about 8 thou­sand. There are two more days for gun hunters, …

Fire­fight­ers rushed to Mont­pe­lier Pub­lic Library yes­ter­day after smoke was reported over the roof. Fire Chief Dail Fritsch said they checked it out, and it was just steam.

Check your wal­let for Radio Shack gift cards. Now that the elec­tron­ics retailer filed bank­ruptcy, Ohio sued for cus­tomer refunds. Now, you have a year to get your money. Go to this easy web address: oldradioshackgiftcards.com and fill out the form.

Ruby D. Yates, 84 years, of Bryan, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Ruby was born June 25, 1931 in Grundy, Virginia the daughter of the late Linkous and Maggie (Stiltner) Skeens.  Ruby was the owner of the former Yates Restaurant in …