A Fre­mont man will spend 10 years of a 20 year sen­tence behind bars, fol­low­ing his sen­tenc­ing on Mon­day in Steuben Supe­rior Court. 23 year old Jere­miah Bates entered a guilty plea to a Level 2 felony of Deal­ing Metham­phet­a­mine. Bates was also placed on pro­ba­tion for five years and …

A guilty plea on Mon­day in Steuben Cir­cuit Court in con­nec­tion with the attempted rob­bery of a Marathon gas sta­tion back in Feb­ru­ary. 19-year-old James Michael Moore of the Angola area, admit­ted guilt in con­nec­tion to a Level Three felony of attempted rob­bery. In exchange for his guilty plea, pros­e­cu­tors …

On Mon­day, Williams County Health Com­mis­sioner Jim Watkins asked county com­mis­sion­ers to con­firm that the health depart­ment is the lead agency for tuber­cu­lo­sis con­trol. Watkins, accord­ing to the Bryan Times, said the depart­ment has oper­ated as the lead agency for years, but he wanted con­fir­ma­tion due to upcom­ing changes in …

Kevin Stuart Hall, age 50, of Holgate passed away early Sunday September 13, 2015 at Hospice of Perrysburg. Mr. Hall was employed by Sauder Woodworking in Archbold. Among his survivors is his wife, Jamie of Holgate and son, Devin Hall of Maumee, Ohio. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral …

A fundraiser to help with funeral expenses for Melody Bridges will be held Sat­ur­day at Area 51 in Ham­ler. Funds raised dur­ing the event also will be ear­marked for her two young sons. The 34 year old mother was killed last month in a motor­cy­cle crash in Williams County, when …

Bryan Police were kept busy over the week­end. On Sat­ur­day, they arrested 39 year old Joshua J. Shaf­fer of South Cherry Street for Dis­or­derly Con­duct. Then they released him. On Sun­day, Bryan Police arrested 33 year old Joe W. Sher­man of SR 191 in Stryker for Unau­tho­rized Use of a …

The Four County ADAMhs Board received a clean audit from the state auditor’s office for 2014. In fact, things looked so good that the state even waived the need for an exit inter­view. That was good news, but even bet­ter news came when the board learned late last week, that …

In Defi­ance County Court on Fri­day, a jury returned a split ver­dict against a woman accused of shoot­ing her estranged hus­band. 45 year old Pauletta Sali­nas of Defi­ance, was found not guilty of attempted aggra­vated mur­der, but guilty of felo­nious assault after the jury delib­er­ated for less than four hours. …

Trooper Ryan Brill­hart of the Spe­cial Response Team has been hon­ored for his brave actions that saved the life of a man from a burn­ing vehi­cle. He was pre­sented with the high­est form of honor, the pres­ti­gious Superintendent’s Cita­tion of Merit Award, at the High­way Patrol’s Acad­emy by Colonel Paul …

Three peo­ple were arrested on drug related charges by Angola Police on Wednes­day morn­ing fol­low­ing a traf­fic stop. Meth was found in the vehi­cle, as well as a two-year-old boy. 39-year-old Robert Phibbs of Angola was pulled over for an expired plate. An Angola K-9 alerted on the vehi­cle, where …