A Napoleon teenager was report­edly raped early Sun­day morn­ing. Napoleon Police say the inci­dent involved a 17-year-old Napoleon girl, who says she was walk­ing south in the 700 block of Daggett Drive early Sun­day morn­ing, between 1 and 1:30AM, when she was forced to the ground and raped. Only a …

Williams County Sheriff’s Deputies made an arrest last night. 36 year old Kevin Fos­ter of Mont­pe­lier was nabbed on a felony war­rant on an indict­ment out of the Williams County Com­mon Pleas Court, with the orig­i­nal charge being listed as fail­ure to notify a change of address. No addi­tional infor­ma­tion …

Deanna Kay Gipe, 78, passed away Thursday in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  She was born July 9, 1937 in Union Township, Van Wert County, Ohio the daughter of James Bertrand and Kathryn (Thomas) Dougal.  Deanna graduated from Convoy-Union Schools in Van Wert County in 1955.  She graduated from Fort Wayne International Business College in 1956. …

Marlin W. Mansfield of Bryan, passed away peacefully, Friday, August 7, 2015 after a brief illness.  Marlin was born March 24, 1927 in Defiance, Ohio, the son of the late Otho and Orva (McCague) Mansfield.  He was a 1945 graduate of Montpelier High School.    After his graduation, Marlin served his country in the …

David Loring “Chief Crazyhorse” Royster, age 51, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 7:01 P.M. on Monday, July 27, 2015, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. “Pepsi Dave” was known as being charismatic, loving and caring, and had a smile that could light the entire …

The inves­ti­ga­tion con­tin­ues today into the death of a Bryan woman, who was killed early Sun­day morn­ing on U.S. 6 in Williams County. 34 year old Melody Bridges, a pas­sen­ger on a motor­cy­cle dri­ven by 37 year old Solomon Meade, also of Bryan, was pro­nounced dead at the scene of …

A con­fronta­tion with a freight train left two men lucky to escape with only minor injuries Sun­day morn­ing. The acci­dent hap­pened yes­ter­day just before 6AM in DeKalb County at County Road 47, when 21 year old David Albert of But­ler tried to cross the tracks as the cross­ing arms were …

Bryan Police made an arrest for drink­ing and dri­ving over the week­end. Early Sat­ur­day morn­ing, just after 1AM, police pulled over 59 year old Jerry R. Caswell of South Lynn Street in Bryan. Caswell was arrested, and charged with OVI. After pro­cess­ing, he was released. No other details have been …

Williams County Sheriff’s Deputies made 2 arrests over the week­end. 28 year old Travis Rath of ALL-verton was charged with Dis­or­derly per­sist­ing while intox­i­cated and a pro­ba­tion vio­la­tion. Rath was taken to CCNO. In a seper­ate inci­dent, 25 year old Kara Jack­son of Edon was charged with one count of …

A Water­loo man was arrested over the week­end after police say he stabbed another man dur­ing a fight. 34 year old Tim­o­thy Hop­kins was taken into cus­tody on Sat­ur­day morn­ing fol­low­ing the alter­ca­tion at a home near But­ler at about 9:45am. Police say Hop­kins used a knife to cut the …