Carolyn M. (Eicher) Pfiester, age 70, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 24, 2015, at Genesis Healthcare-Bryan Center. Carolyn was co-owner of Fountain City Office Products in Bryan. She had previously worked for the Military Sea Transportation Service in Washington, D.C. and Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. …

The Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers met this week, and decided to put a pro­posed equip­ment stor­age build­ing on hold for the time being, in order to give them a chance to dis­cuss other pos­si­ble stor­age options. Com­mis­sion­ers, accord­ing to the Bryan Times, said the owner of a stor­age build­ing they are …

A major shakeup in teh Arch­bold Police Force. Chief Joe Wyse is reported to be in sta­ble but crit­i­cal con­di­tion after suf­fer­ing a stroke on Tues­day. Wyse was first taken to the Ful­ton County Health Cen­ter, then trans­ferred by air ambu­lance to the Mercy St. Vin­cent Med­ical Cen­ter in Toledo, …

An Angola man is behind bars on $1 mil­lion bond after he allegedly exchanged gun­fire with an off duty Kendal­lville Police offi­cer and killed a fam­ily dog dur­ing a home inva­sion in DeKalb County Tues­day night. 21-year-old Tyler Gaiski was charged Thurs­day after­noon with attempted mur­der, bur­glary and tor­tur­ing or …

The Ohio Depart­ment of Pub­lic Safety’s Ohio Traf­fic Safety Office has awarded $28,222.42 in fed­eral traf­fic safety fund­ing to the Pauld­ing County Sher­iff for fed­eral fis­cal year 2016. The funds are passed through the Ohio Traf­fic Safety Office from the National High­way Traf­fic Safety Admin­is­tra­tion to sup­port the efforts of …

A third jury trial over asbestos expo­sure at the Gen­eral Motors plant in Defi­ance opened this week in Defi­ance County Court. Nancy Wilk­er­son, whose hus­band, Char­lie, died from lung can­cer in 2007, is ask­ing the jury to allow her to par­tic­i­pate in the state’s work­ers com­pen­sa­tion pro­gram. Wilk­er­son claims that …

The Defi­ance city administration’s plan to seek grant funds for a round­about traf­fic con­trol device at a south­side inter­sec­tion ended abruptly on Tues­day night, when city coun­cil rejected an ordi­nance autho­riz­ing the state grant appli­ca­tion. The ordi­nance would have allowed the city to seek grant funds through the Ohio Depart­ment …

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 …