A Napoleon man was arrested by the Henry County Sheriff’s Depart­ment for Domes­tic Vio­lence. Jerry Adam Love was arrested Sat­ur­day evening. His case will be han­dled in the Napoleon Munic­i­pal Court.

For fam­i­lies who’ve lost a child, this is a dif­fi­cult time of year. A non-denominational sup­port group, Heal­ing Hearts, is hold­ing a spe­cial tree-decorating cer­e­mony on Dec. 13 at their memo­r­ial gar­den at Pon­tiac Park in Defi­ance. The orga­ni­za­tion of res­i­dents from area coun­ties encour­age heal­ing by remem­ber­ing their chil­dren …

A 20-year-old Plain City man was cited for a crash where his vehi­cle hit a mail­box, a fence and util­ity pole on Sat­ur­day after­noon. Josef Brobst crashed on Ohio 613, north of Wash­ing­ton Town­ship Road 107.

A Defi­ance man was arrested after an alleged inci­dent at Stefano’s on Hop­kins St. Fri­day morn­ing. Police arrested 46-year-old Daniel Far­ris for dis­or­derly con­duct. He was report­edly intoxicated.

Gas prices on this Mon­day are well-below $2 a gal­lon. At last check, the low­est was at the Sunoco at County Rd. 15 at U.S. 6. It’s sell­ing for $1.79 for a gal­lon of reg­u­lar unleaded. Triple A says prices have con­tin­u­ally dropped and are expected to remain under $2 …

Bryan police say that a local man was arrested for domes­tic vio­lence. 20-year-old Zachari Hall of Pierce St. was taken into cus­tody Sat­ur­day evening. He’s now at the CCNO.

Ohio’s deer-gun hunt­ing sea­son begins today and ends Sun­day. Weather this week is look­ing at day­time highs in the 40s and the only day we may get rain is Tuesday.

Evelyn Jesse, 77 years, of Bryan, passed away Friday, November 27, 2015 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Facility with her family at her bedside.  Evelyn was born April 9, 1938 in Elkins, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Clayton and Lillian (Rudd) Jones.  Evelyn worked for Allied Moulded …

Josephine T. Suarez, age 83, of Fayette, passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at Heartland of Wauseon. Josephine was born in San Antonio, Texas on April 12, 1932, the daughter of Andres and Juanita (Gomez) Tovar. She married Leopoldo Trevino Suarez, and he preceded her in death on Nov. …

In news that affects your wal­let, the 2016 bud­get is ready in Defi­ance. Spend­ing this year is bud­geted at 1.7 per­cent higher than this year. Some of the changes include two new full-time employ­ees to work in engi­neer­ing and three per­ma­nent part-time posi­tions in the parks, ceme­tery, and build­ing and …