Bryan Police say they arrested an 18-year-old man on theft charges on Sat­ur­day. Ryan Coker was picked up Sat­ur­day night just after 11 p.m. for two counts of theft. He was booked and then released on his own recognizance.

Robin Lee Ashbaugh, age 62, of West Unity, OH, passed away Wednesday evening, December 9, 2015 at the Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers – Bryan. She was born on July 17, 1953 in Van Wert, Ohio, the daughter of Marion E. and Stella (Urton) Ashbaugh, Sr. Robin is survived by …

It’s finally here. The annual Defi­ance hol­i­day orna­ment is being sold at the Down­town Defi­ance Vis­i­tors Bureau, Deluxe Clean­ers and at Stam­baugh Jew­el­ers. The orna­ment fea­tures Defi­ance High School and only 500 are avail­able. They are $10 each, and the moneh goes to pay for the city’s hol­i­day dec­o­rat­ing committee.

A Pauld­ing man charged with escape from a med­ical fur­lough in Octo­ber has pleaded not guilty by rea­son of insan­ity in Pauld­ing County Com­mon Pleas Court. He’s 26-year-old J. Tucker Har­man. He was arrested in Cheboy­gan County, Michi­gan last month. He walked away from med­ical fur­lough on Octo­ber 30th. His …

Two Defi­ance High School mem­bers of the National Honor Soci­ety are hop­ing to help the food bank with a canned food drive at the bas­ket­ball game between Defi­ance and Bryan tonight at Defi­ance High School. Lau­ren Howard and Mal­lory Mor­ton are ask­ing for cans, non-perishable food items and cash if …

To honor fallen vet­er­ans, a wreath-laying cer­e­mony is planned for this Sat­ur­day in Defi­ance at River­side Ceme­tery in the vet’s sec­tion. The cer­e­mony orig­i­nated at Arling­ton National Ceme­tery in 1992. The wreaths will arrive Fri­day by truck, and vol­un­teers will lay them begin­ning 11 a.m. Sat­ur­day. A cer­e­mony will wrap …

Hats off to the chil­dren in Bryan City Schools, who worked hard to raise $6,715 to help pro­vide less for­tu­nate area chil­dren with an enjoy­able hol­i­day. The amount raised has bro­ken the dis­trict record for con­tri­bu­tions to the “Christ­mas for Kids” program.

The Toledo Air Show is back next year, and the Air Force Thun­der­birds will be there! It’s gonna be held July 16th and 17th at the Toledo Express Air­port. The offi­cial air demon­stra­tion team of the U.S. Air Force has been active since 1953. This is the first year for …

Williams County Sheriff’s deputies made an arrest Wednes­day night. 43-year-old Mark Coblentz of Mont­pe­lier was arrested on a felony war­rant out of the Williams County Com­mon Pleas Court. The orig­i­nal charge was for fail­ing to com­ply with the terms and con­di­tions of the pre trial release pro­gram. He was taken …

If you pro­cras­ti­nate on those out­door hol­i­day lights, you have no excuse this week­end. It is expected to feel more like April than Decem­ber this week­end. National Weather Ser­vice fore­cast­ers say unsea­son­ably mild weather will con­tinue through the week­end. We’ll see record highs in the low six­ties and record warm …