The Ohio Asso­ci­a­tion of Food­banks has been awarded a fed­eral Nav­i­ga­tor grant by the Cen­ters for Medicare and Med­ic­aid Ser­vices, mark­ing the third con­sec­u­tive year the grant has been awarded to the CMS. The $2 mil­lion grant will allow them to pro­vide Nav­i­ga­tor ser­vices through­out Ohio, edu­cat­ing con­sumers about afford­able …

Bids will be opened this week in Defi­ance for a side­walk repair pro­gram. 32 sec­tions of side­walk in the city will be repaired at an esti­mated cost of right around $26,000. It’s already been bud­geted for, with the city set­ting aside $30,000 for the work in the 2015 cap­i­tal improve­ments …

Roger L. Grieser, age 70, of Pettisville, passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at Fulton Manor in Wauseon, after a brief illness. Prior to his retirement he had worked at the former Fulton Tubing – ITT Higbie in Archbold for 45 years. Roger was born in Wauseon on March …

Kenosha Beef Inter­na­tional is recall­ing about 89,000 pounds of pork sausage patty prod­ucts that may be con­t­a­m­i­nated with pieces of metal. Indi­ana, Michi­gan and Ohio are among the states the prod­ucts were shipped to. Those recalled prod­ucts are 24 ounce car­tons of “John­sonville Grillers CHEDDAR CHEESE & BACON FLAVOR.” and …

Heav­ier traf­fic dur­ing the Labor Day hol­i­day results in a greater risk of traf­fic crashes. To keep Ohio road­ways safe, the Ohio State High­way Patrol says they will be out in full force this week­end look­ing for dan­ger­ous dri­vers and motorists in need. Motorists can assist in the effort by …

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office is look­ing for a man who they say is a non-compliant reg­is­tered sex offender. An arrest war­rant was issued on Thurs­day charg­ing 33-year-old Ronald Giles with felony fail­ure to reg­is­ter as a sex or vio­lent offender. The war­rant was issued after a their inves­ti­ga­tion into …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office received approval on Thurs­day from the county com­mis­sion­ers to begin train­ing a new K-9 team. The Times reports that the com­mis­sion­ers autho­rized $6,000 to be spent before Octo­ber 1st, to include train­ing for both a new dog and a new han­dler. It all came about …

In Pio­neer, a rou­tine traf­fic stop, more like a cour­tesy actu­ally, lead to the arrest of a woman who was on the run for more than ten years. It was just after 6 yes­ter­day morn­ing, when offi­cers pulled over a vehi­cle for a bro­ken head­light. As is the case in …

A Lib­erty Cen­ter man has been arrested in con­nec­tion with a shoot­ing in Henry County Wednes­day evening. 22 year old Cullen Par­sons is charged with felo­nious assault with a motor vehi­cle and firearm spec­i­fi­ca­tions… that’s a second-degree felony. He was taken to the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio, and inves­ti­ga­tors …

George C. Bail, 61 years, of West Unity, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at his residence with his family at his side.  George was born October 15, 1953 in Hudson, Michigan, the son of Robert Franklin and Gloria Ilo (Kelly) Bail.  He was a graduate of Hilltop High School.  He married Mary …