The bru­tal mur­der of a Bryan librar­ian 69 years ago is being high­lighted in a new doc­u­men­tary, which will pre­miere on the anniver­sary of her death. Emily Aber­nathy was killed on Sept. 19, 1946, in the Bryan library by James Robert Engle. The doc­u­men­tary about the mur­der enti­tled “Emily’s Story,” …

Trine Uni­ver­sity has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top Mid­west­ern regional col­leges for 2016. The rank­ing is based on sev­eral fac­tors from this past spring includ­ing peer assess­ment, grad­u­a­tion and reten­tion rates, finan­cial resources and alumni giv­ing rate. The University’s Allen School of …

Juan A. Espinoza, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:55 P.M. on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center where he had been a resident. Mr. Espinoza had been an auto mechanic and was a US Army veteran. He was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s …

29 year old Tyler Richards, the fugi­tive who escaped from the Bryan Munic­i­pal Court back in March by run­ning from a pro­ba­tion offi­cer even though he had a cast on his leg, has been cap­tured. The Bryan Times reports that Richards was trav­el­ing with his girl­friend, Jen­nifer Elliot of Alvord­ton …

A law­suit filed back in April of 2014 in Steuben Supe­rior Court against the Town of Fre­mont, its police depart­ment, two Fre­mont offi­cers and the Steuben County Sher­iffs Depart­ment has been set­tled out of court in a finan­cial set­tle­ment. The law­suit was filed by Lana Fan­ning and her son Alexan­der …

A report Tues­day after­noon about a man who may have had a gun. Accord­ing to the Branch County Sheriff’s Depart­ment, an Ohio woman and her hus­band were south­bound on I­-69 near the New­ton Road over­pass when they saw a tall, thin man with short hair point­ing a gun at their …

The Ohio State High­way Patrol was out in full force this past Labor Day week­end, and reports indi­cate a decrease in traf­fic fatal­i­ties. Eleven fatal crashes resulted in 11 deaths dur­ing the report­ing period of Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 4 at 12 a.m. through Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 7 at 11:59 p.m. This is …

Joanne Y. Skeens, 74 years, of Ocala, Florida, and a former Edgerton and Bryan resident, passed away Sunday, September 6, 2015 at E.T. York Care Center, Gainesville, Florida.  Joanne was born April 3, 1941 in Alvordton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Donald Lavon and Elsie Marie (Belknap) Humbarger, Sr.  She was …

Norman E. Riggs, 90 years of West Unity, passed away Sunday, September 6, 2015 in the home of his son, Steven, in Woodstock, Georgia. Norman was born May 8, 1925 in Leipsic, Ohio, the son of the late Ira and Clara (Yetter) Rigg. A High School graduate, Norman enlisted in …

John F. Keller, age 81, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance. John had worked in quality control at Bohn Aluminum in Angola, Indiana for over 30 years prior to his retirement. John F. Keller was born April 17, …