Thomas Lee Bowman, age 67, of Glendale, Arizona, passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Serenity House in Phoenix, Arizona, after a brief illness. Mr. Bowman was a graduate of Fairview High School and had been employed as a case worker for Maricopa County Work Force and also as …

Lois V. Shafer, 94 years, of Fort Wayne, and a former resident of Angola, Indiana, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Brookdale Memory Care and Assisted Living Facility, in Fort Wayne, where she was a resident the past 16 years.  Lois was born June 13, 1925, in …

Allan John Bernath, 66 years, of West Unity, passed away early Friday morning, April 10, 2020 in his residence. Al was born August 27, 1953 in Bryan, Ohio, the son of the late Robert Edmund and Wilma Mae (Durham) Bernath. He was a 1971 graduate of Hilltop High School. Al …

The Williams County Health Department confirms a second positive case of COVID-19. James Watkins, County Health Commissioner, says the second case here further indicates community spread of coronavirus. The Ohio Department of Health continues to emphasize that many Ohioans are infected unknowingly with COVID-19. Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers admitted …

Williams County Commissioners authorize several organizations to use their newly purchased Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation machine, which is intended to efficiently utilize N95 masks available within the county. Firms include SKLD, Fountain Parking Assisted Living and Memory Care…and Egly Drive Homes to use the machine…at no cost. The moves comes as …

An injury accident at County Roads M and County Road 20. Officials say a van, carrying five failed to yield at a stop sign and crashes into a pickup, traveling north on 20, with one person in it. Three in the van were hurt and taken to an area hospital. …

Nearly 700,000 people in Ohio filed for unemployment in the last three weeks…as the coronavirus continues to shake the economy. The figure nearly doubles the claims filed last year. The 226,007 claims filed for the week ending April 3rd, marks the second consecutive week that claims topped 200,000. The staggering …

Janet L. Lane, age 66, of Defiance, Ohio, passed away at 12:05 P.M. on Sunday, April 5, 2020, at Defiance Regional Medical Center.  Janet was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church in Napoleon.  She worked as a nurse’s aide at the Filling Home in Napoleon and in adult care …

Vivian R. DeGroff, age 92, of Stryker, Ohio passed away Sunday, April 05, 2020 in CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice.  Vivian was born June 16, 1927 in Edgerton, Ohio to the late Arthur and Pearl (Long) Kepler.  She married Harvey W. DeGroff on June 11, 1946 and he preceded her …

Henry County is no longer among the last counties in Ohio without a confirmed case of COVID-19. It’s an older adult male. Health officials are not releasing any other personal information about the individual to protect his privacy. The department is now working on contact tracing…finding out who the individual …