An uptick in fatal crashes here in Ohio, has the high­way patrol urg­ing dri­vers to use cau­tion. Statewide, there has been an increase of 38 fatal­i­ties this year over the same period last year. There are 600 con­firmed fatal­i­ties this year com­pared to the 562 fatal­i­ties that were con­firmed a …

In Bryan, the new 6–12 school build­ing project is mov­ing for­ward nicely. The walls are going up, and the foun­da­tions are almost com­plete. The Bryan Times reports that the project is on sched­ule. Seed­ing of top soil should begin soon, then heavy mate­ri­als will begin to arrive as the 150,000 …

A guilty plea Mon­day in Steuben County Court by a man in response to a charge of rape. 54-year-old Frank Stetler can now expect to spend fif­teen years behind bars, if the plea agree­ment reached yes­ter­day is accepted dur­ing a sen­tenc­ing hear­ing on Octo­ber 5th. One of the orig­i­nal charges …

In Pauld­ing County, an inves­ti­ga­tion is under­way into the death of a Payne man. Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a home on Town­line Street in Payne on Sat­ur­day morn­ing, for an unre­spon­sive man. When they arrived, they found 50 year old Cary Par­sons dead in the kitchen. Pauld­ing …

A com­mit­tee is look­ing into thefts from the Auburn Police Depart­ment evi­dence room, and has now rec­om­mended dis­ci­pline for two Auburn offi­cers. The Auburn Police Depart­ment Dis­ci­pli­nary Com­mit­tee met for over 12 hours, and poured over all the evi­dence and infor­ma­tion. Now, that com­mit­tee has rec­om­mended dis­ci­pline against two offi­cers …

A cou­ple of arrests kept Bryan Police busy over the week­end. On Sat­ur­day after­noon, 40 year old James J. Free­man III of South Wal­nut Street in Bryan was arrested and charged with five counts of Aggra­vated Men­ac­ing, Car­ry­ing Con­cealed Weapons, Unlaw­ful Restraint, and Using Weapons While Intox­i­cated . He was …

A Change of Plea hear­ing is set for this after­noon in Steuben Cir­cuit Court in the case of a rural Angola man accused of an alleged sex­ual assault early on New Years Eve. 54 year old Frank Stetler is charged with felony rape, crim­i­nal con­fine­ment, intim­i­da­tion and stran­gu­la­tion. The rape …

A rob­bery in Bryan.… A man held up the offices of P & R Med­ical at 1100 East High Street on Fri­day after­noon. Bryan Police say no weapons were dis­played dur­ing the rob­bery that took place just after 2:00pm on Fri­day. The sus­pect is described as a white male in …

Michael E. Ridenour, 62 years, of Bryan, passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at the University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo. Mike was born May 5, 1953 in Garrett, Indiana, the son of Merl and Louella (Durham) Ridenour.  He was a 1972 graduate of North Central High School, attending 4-County Joint …

Anthony “Tony” Lynn Guilford, age 49, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:39 A.M. on Saturday, August 8, 2015, in his home. He was a 1984 graduate of Edon High School and enjoyed hunting. Anthony Lynn “Tony” Guilford was born on April 22, 1966, in Montpelier, Ohio, the son of Arthur …