Deborah Paula Martin, 64 years, of Fort Wayne, Indiana passed away Sunday, November 22, 2015 in her residence. She was born on January 21, 1951 in Bryan, Ohio to the late Paul W. and Irene (Gerencser) Nyari. Deborah was a 1970 graduate of Snider High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana. She …

Fol­low­ing Thanks­giv­ing, the next big day of obser­va­tion is… #Giv­ingTues­day. It’s a global day of giv­ing that encour­ages gen­eros­ity and philanthropy. Non-profit Sauder Vil­lage is encour­ag­ing peo­ple to par­tic­i­pate, and they have oppor­tu­ni­ties on their web­site to do that.

It’s bud­get time for many orga­ni­za­tions, and the Fort Defi­ance Humane Soci­ety is ask­ing county com­mis­sion­ers to pro­vide another $10k for 2016 to deal with a feral cat problem. Com­mis­sion­ers say they’ll con­sider the request.

A for­mer Gen­eral Motors team leader has taken up a free bicy­cle pro­gram, after his brother-in-law started the pro­gram. Larry Sparks repairs bikes and gives them away to needy fam­i­lies. Sparks gets many requests every day. He said he has about 100 bikes on hand now, and said he’s received …

Three peo­ple were arrested on drug charges after they were pulled over in a traf­fic stop for fail­ing to sig­nal a turn. The arrests hap­pened on North Cherry Street about 2 a.m. Sun­day. The OSP trooper said one pas­sen­ger had drug para­pher­na­lia, which led to a search. Drugs were found …

An arrest has been made for the bomb threat at Bryan Mid­dle School last Thurs­day that forced the school to be evacuated. The 12-year-old female stu­dent turned her­self in. Bryan Police Chief Michael Willis said the Williams County Juve­nile Pro­ba­tion Depart­ment will get the report. The pros­e­cu­tor will ulti­mately decide …

A Fre­mont man was sen­tenced to six years of a ten year prison term for deal­ing metham­phet­a­mine in Steuben Cir­cuit Court. 24-year-old Niko­lus Nevois pled guilty on Sep­tem­ber 28th to a pair of Class B felony charges. Nevois was arrested last March fol­low­ing an IMAGE Drug Task Force investigation.

The Indi­ana State Fire Marshal’s Office says an explo­sion that took place at a home on the south side of Ash­ley on Mon­day night that killed one per­son and injured two oth­ers was caused by an LP gas leak with an out­side igni­tion source. Ash­ley Police said on their Face­book …

The Defi­ance City Board of Edu­ca­tion met this week to hear how a new pro­posed sports com­plex could save the dis­trict a mil­lion dol­lars and be a boost to busi­ness. Accord­ing to Brad Mor­ri­son of Maumee Bay Turf Cen­ter, the field can be used year round and last 10 years …

Pauline E. Gamble, age 89, of Wauseon passed away late Sunday November 22, 2015 at Glendale Senior Living in Toledo. Prior to her retirement she had worked for Wauseon Manufacturing and Perfection Finishers. Pauline was born in Henry County on April 4, 1926 the daughter of the late Fred J. …