An Angola man is behind bars today at the DeKalb County Jail, with­out bond, after he allegedly exchanged gun­fire with an off duty Kendal­lville Police Offi­cer Tues­day night. 21-year-old Tyler Gaiski is now fac­ing felony charges of attempted mur­der, bur­glary and tor­tur­ing an ani­mal. It all began when DeKalb County …

A non-compliant reg­is­tered sex offender is being hunted down by the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office. On Wednes­day, an arrest war­rant was issued for 62 year old Bruce W. Sev­er­ance, who is charged with a felony for fail­ure to reg­is­ter as a sex or vio­lent offender. The war­rant was issued after …

Susan Barnes, age 62, of Wauseon, passed away Monday, September 21, 2015, in her home. Susan was born in Sible Hedingham, England, on May 30, 1953, the daughter of Douglas and Dora (Kendell) Blazeby. Susan married Edward A. Barnes on March 20, 2000, and he survives. She was a member …

Francis D. Youngker, 99 years, of Bryan, passed away Saturday, September 19, 2015, at Genesis Healthcare-Bryan Center, Bryan, where he had been a resident the past six weeks.  Francis was born December 24, 1915, in Hamler, Ohio, the son of the late George and Ruth (Sager) Youngker.  Francis married Ella Little on …

A truck dri­ver was killed early Tues­day morn­ing in an acci­dent involv­ing three semis which forced the total shut down of a three mile por­tion of I-69 south of Auburn for nearly eight hours. That driver’s name has not been released, but we do know that he was pro­nounced dead …

Plans for pri­va­ti­za­tion are elim­i­nat­ing any con­cerns for con­flict of inter­est at Quadco Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter. The admin­is­tra­tive attor­ney in Colum­bus that was hired to research the sit­u­a­tion and review the reor­ga­ni­za­tion with the Ohio Depart­ment of Devel­op­men­tal Dis­abil­i­ties recently sent a let­ter with his con­clu­sions to each of the super­in­ten­dents …

A mas­sive back up on south­bound I-69 from an acci­dent that involved three semis led to another crash which injured a Water­loo woman on Tues­day morn­ing. 29-year-old Laneigh Brun­ing was trav­el­ing south just after 7:00am yes­ter­day, when she didn’t notice that vehi­cles were slow­ing down or stopped in front of …

Marlene J. Ward, age 79, of Delta, passed away Monday, September 21, 2015, in her home. Marlene had been the Delta area carrier agency for The Toledo Blade for 30 years. She had also worked at Montgomery Ward for 25 years. Marlene was born in Fulton County, Ohio on November …

A Pleas­ant Lake man pleaded guilty to a felony charge of child molest­ing on Mon­day in Steuben Supe­rior Court. It was in con­nec­tion to an inci­dent that pros­e­cu­tors said hap­pened in the fall of 2007. 24-year-old Todd Hart was arrested in June. Under terms of the plea agree­ment, the orig­i­nal …

In Steuben County Court on Mon­day, one of the four peo­ple who were arrested in a metham­phet­a­mine bust near Hamil­ton in April of 2014 was sen­tenced. 36-year-old Leslie Swindell pled guilty last Feb­ru­ary to aid­ing in deal­ing metham­phet­a­mine, a felony. Swindell learned yes­ter­day that he will have to serve 8 …