A teenage boy was flown out by the Samar­i­tan Heli­copter on Tues­day after­noon after ini­tial reports indi­cate a tree fell on him. Accord­ing to the lim­ited infor­ma­tion that we have avail­able at this time, res­cue crews were called out at about 4:40pm yes­ter­day. Fre­mont fire­fight­ers, Fre­mont Police, Steuben County E.M.S. …

While toxic algae is caus­ing some con­cerns in Ohio and sur­round­ing states, The Bryan Times reports that Williams County has not detected any algae blooms so far. Mean­while, the Asso­ci­ated Press is report­ing today that a toxic algae out­break, which was detected two months ago, spread more than 600 miles …

Thelma S. Fry passed away on Sunday October 18, 2015 at Anna’s House at Hillside Country Living in Bryan. She was born April 9, 1934 to Henry and Nora (Short) Stamm in Archbold, OH.  She was the salutatorian of the 1952 West Unity High School graduating class.  After graduation, she worked at …

Wendy D. Stapleton, 49, of Bryan passed away unexpectedly on Sunday October 18, 2015. She was born on November 24, 1965 in Augusta, Georgia to Marshall J. and Lawana M. (McGraw) Stapleton. She graduated from Montpelier High School. Wendy worked for the Williams County EMS for 20 years. She also …

Are tax­pay­ers in Henry County ready to go out of pocket for a new senior cen­ter facil­ity? A 1.1 mil, five year levy would bring in just over 800 tho­suand dol­lars, that money to be used as part of what’s needed to con­vert the site of the CD Brill­hart Elemt­nary …

Four peo­ple have two Angola police offi­cers to thank for get­ting them out of a house fire Sun­day morn­ing. It was reported just before 4am at 210 West Broad. It was at a duplex where some occu­pants in the side where the fire started were already out of the res­i­dence …

Folks in Williams County are being told to not burn any­thing out­side today due to an increased risk for those fires to get otu of con­trol. The National Weather Ser­vice says between warm tem­per­a­tures, low humid­ity and strong winds, all the ingre­di­ents are there for flames to spread quickly.

An OVI charge faces the man police say drove into a util­ity pole Sun­day evening that caused a power out­age. It hap­pened on Cleve­land Avenue near Ottawa Avenue. 22 year old Jose Alvarado of Napoleon was headed east when he lost con­trol of his car. The util­ity pole was snapped …

Kathryn Eileen Sweebe, 89 years, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2015 at Story Point Assisted Living Facility, Grand Ledge, Michigan.  Eileen was born June 18, 1926 in Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of the late Mark and Edith A. (Harter) McKelvey.  She was a 1944 graduate of Bryan High School and …

Linda M. High, 54 years, formally of Pleasant Lake, Indiana and a current resident of New Haven, Indiana, passed away Friday, October 16, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Linda was born November 9, 1960 in Angola, Indiana, the daughter of Roger and Phyllis (Rohrbaugh) Fackler.  She …