Ten Thou­sand Vil­lages in Arch­bold, is being trans­formed into a rug gallery with tapes­tries laid out on plat­forms for easy view­ing dur­ing the fifth annual Fair Trade Ori­en­tal Rug Event that runs through Sat­ur­day. Accord­ing to store man­ager Eliz­a­beth Baer, each of the 300 rugs was made in Pak­istan. Ten …

For 16 years, NAMI [NAH-me] Four County has lit a can­dle the first Sun­day of every Octo­ber to raise aware­ness, under­stand­ing and sup­port for indi­vid­u­als and fam­i­lies liv­ing with men­tal ill­ness as part of its Can­dle­light Vigil for Men­tal Health. The pub­lic is invited to this year’s event which will …

A plea deal Mon­day in Steuben Cir­cuit Court, saw a Fre­mont man plead guilty to two felony charges for allegedly deal­ing metham­phet­a­mine. 24-year-old Niko­lus Nevois was arrested in March fol­low­ing an inves­ti­ga­tion by the IMAGE Drug Task Force in which he allegedly sold to a con­fi­den­tial infor­mant. Nevois was sched­uled …

A man who was being sought by the Steuben County Sheriff’s Depart­ment for not reg­is­ter­ing as a sex offender has been cap­tured in Sawyer County, Wis­con­sin. 62-year-old Bruce Sev­er­ance was arrested there by the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Mar­shals Ser­vice. Sev­er­ance was arrested for a vio­la­tion of …

Williams County Sher­iffs Deputies made an early morn­ing arrest today. 50 year old Dawn Ben­ton of West Unity was taken into cus­tody just before 1:30 this morn­ing on a domes­tic vio­lence charge. No other infor­ma­tion sur­round­ing that arrest was released

A recent bur­glary lead Williams County deputies to a home in Bryan within sight of the old Williams County Sheriff’s Office. 37 year old Jes­teen Gutier­rez was arrested and charged with second-degree felony bur­glary. Also arrested was 20 year old Gabriel Wil­son, who was charged with fourth-degree felony receiv­ing stolen …

Robert V. Knapp, age 73, of Liberty Center, Ohio passed away Friday September 25, 2015 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysberg. Prior to his retirement, he had worked for General Motors in Defiance for more than 39 years. Mr. Knapp was born in Delta, Ohio on October 17, 1941 …

Delbert R. Baker, 80, of Pioneer passed away Friday afternoon at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center.  He was born on September 20, 1935 in Montpelier to Ray O. and Kathleen (Lashaway) Baker.  Delbert attended Montpelier Schools. Delbert retired as a service technician from General Telephone in 1990.  He began his 32 year career …

Jesse E. Clark, 75, of Alvordton passed away late Thursday afternoon at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  He was born on December 5, 1939 in Cattlesburg, Kentucky to James Wadsworth and Ella Mae (Rye) Clark.  Jesse married Edna E. Bellomy and she survives.  He worked for Issac Metal Company in …

Elton J. Wilson, 96 years, of Ney, Ohio, passed away Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance.  Elton was born September 28, 1918 in Lafayette, Indiana, the son of the late Elton F. and Maggie (Benham) Wilson.  Elton was raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and he …