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, …

Now to North­west State, where over 140 grad­u­ates received their degrees on Mon­day evening at the Voinovich Audi­to­rium. This is the first time a fall com­mence­ment has been held for the com­mu­nity col­lege, accord­ing to Dr. Cindy Krueger, VP of aca­d­e­mics and stu­dent services.

The race for mayor in Defi­ance was an expen­sive one for the win­ner, Repub­li­can Mike McCann. He spent just over $25,000 to unseat incum­bent Bob Arm­strong and fend off Inde­pen­dent Brian Brown in the recent Novem­ber elec­tion. This is the sec­ond time McCann ran to be mayor. The first time, …

They’re appar­ently good with num­bers in the Wauseon school dis­trict. After decid­ing to refi­nance the school’s debt, the dis­trict will save about $45,000 a year on inter­est. David Tiggett of Fifth Third Secu­ri­ties told school lead­ers on Mon­day that sav­ings is nearly triple the indus­try stan­dard. It’s an 8.4 per­cent …

A Pauld­ing County man is charged with rape of a child under the age of 13. He is 25-year-old Matthew Weber. He was indicted on one count of gross sex­ual impo­si­tion, and two counts of rape. The charges involve a six-year-old child, accord­ing to the release. At his pre­lim­i­nary hear­ing, …

Alice Jean (A.J.) Goldsmith, 87 years, of Bryan, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015 at her residence with her family by her side. Alice was born on April 17, 1928 in Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of the late Oscar Ward and Winifred (Hutchinson) Eaton. She was a 1946 graduate of …

Arthur L. Hug, age 72, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:18 P.M. on Sunday, December 13, 2015, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient. A lifelong resident of Edgerton and a veteran of the United States Air Force, Mr. Hug was a 1960 graduate of …

A man was sen­tenced to prison on Mon­day after being charged with grand theft. Shon Cantu was given a 58 month prison term with credit for 75 days served in jail while his case was pending. Cantu was sen­tenced in Defi­ance Com­mon Pleas court for three counts of grand theft …