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 …

A 75-year-old Defi­ance woman died in a 2-vehicle crash on Wednes­day night on U.S. 24 near Napoleon. Karol Beil­harz was dri­ving just before 7 p.m. on Henry County Road 17D and try­ing to cross the 24 when she pulled in front of a semi. The vio­lent crash ended with both …

We’re look­ing at the job­less num­bers released this week. For Ohio, the unem­ploy­ment rate stood at 4.2 per­cent for Octo­ber, that’s down from September. Job­less num­bers fell in more than half of the state’s 88 counties. Williams County’s unem­ploy­ment rate dropped 3.6 per­cent in Octo­ber, to its low­est point in …

Some changes are com­ing to the Williams County Fair next year. New Fair Board pres­i­dent Dave Page says the board voted to change things up, and move all the rides and games to the front of the fair­grounds, between the East Main St. entrance and the grand­stands. Page explained the …

Santa’s on his way, and the Christ­mas Parade will get things started again this year. The lineup is in the Parkview Physi­cians Group park­ing lot on W. High Street begin­ning 6 p.m. tonight. After the parade, a pho­tog­ra­pher will be in Santa’s house next to the cour­t­house, tak­ing pho­tos with …

The old­est build­ing in Pio­neer, the Joy Hotel, has been saved from the wreck­ing ball. Michael Wor­thing­ton has bought the build­ing with dona­tions from res­i­dents in Williams County. Now Wor­thing­ton will shore up the build­ing built in 1855 and try to ren­o­vate so it can be used as a viable …

Still no word on what caused a fire in a wooden shed on County Road I. The blaze on Tues­day hap­pened just after mid­night and the 10 by 30 out­build­ing was engulfed. The cause of the fire remains unde­ter­mined but does not appear to be sus­pi­cious, he said. A dam­age …