A crash Sat­ur­day morn­ing took the life of a Napoleon woman. Sarah Lead­ers was dri­ving four oth­ers when she went off the left side of County Road X and rolled over. Sev­eral pas­sen­gers were ejected. Lead­ers was pro­nounced dead at the scene. The other four were taken to area hospitals.

The Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers will con­sider a request to annex about 10 acres of land from Pulaski Town­ship to the city of Bryan. They’ve set the meet­ing for Jan­u­ary 7th at 11 a.m. Local attor­ney Ryan Thomp­son has filed a rezon­ing request on behalf of two prop­erty own­ers on County …

The Williams County Health Depart­ment is mak­ing plans now to assess county resident’s health. In part­ner­ship with county med­ical, edu­ca­tional, reli­gious and well­ness groups, they’ll gather details to deter­mine the health needs of the area. Begin­ning in Jan­u­ary, Williams County adult res­i­dents will receive a health-related ques­tion­naire in the mail. …

A school con­struc­tion update this morn­ing. The district’s new 6th to 12th grade school build­ing is on sched­ule and should be done in July next sum­mer. Accord­ing to Super­in­ten­dent Diana Sav­age. Right now, work­ers are in the process of get­ting ready to work through the win­ter. Con­crete work­ers will be …

A woman who vol­un­teered count­less hours to the Humane Soci­ety and was on the board of direc­tors has bequeathed $1.3 mil­lion dol­lars to the Bryan Area Foun­da­tion. The money will go to the Williams County Humane Scoei­thy, the Pub­lic Library’s geneal­ogy depart­ment, and finally cre­ate a music schol­ar­ship for a …

A local man con­victed of child sex­ual abuse was sen­tenced to a long prison term in Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas Court. Tony Camp­bell, 45, Hicksville, was given a 14-year term by Judge Joseph Schmenk on charges of rape, a first-degree felony; and attempted rape, a second-degree felony. He faced life …

An Angola man on pro­ba­tion after a felony con­vic­tion over four years ago is now fac­ing gun charges after a home visit found weapons. 24-year-old Mark Scot John­son is fac­ing a charge of Unlaw­ful Pos­ses­sion of a Firearm. His pro­ba­tion report­edly found a .22 long rifle, six air rifles, bows …

Erin Callahan-Burdine, age 47, of West Unity, Ohio, died at 1:16 P.M. on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Erin had been a volunteer firefighter and EMT in Soldotna, Alaska, prior to moving to West Unity. She loved helping–it didn’t matter if it …

Jerry Lee Lauber, age 80, of Wauseon passed away November 11, 2015 at St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He owned Lauber Studio for many years and later became owner of Lauber Construction. He enjoyed drawing, painting, carving and woodworking, his lake life …

Sauder Man­u­fac­tur­ing is hold­ing a job fair on Sat­ur­day. The 70 year old com­pany will cel­e­brate that anniver­sary and is hop­ing to hire more for the offices and man­u­fac­tur­ing. It’s Sat­ur­day, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Take your resume.