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 …

Doyle W. Clark, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where he had been a patient. Doyle was a machinist at The Aro Corporation for 43 years prior to his retirement. He was also a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean …

Patrick H. (Harris) Nerad, age 63, passed away in his North Carolina home on June 15, 2015.  Born on March 17, 1952, in Bryan, Ohio, the 4th child of Elmer C. and Mabel G. Nerad, Patrick was a 1970 graduate of Bryan High School.  Owner and Director of Patrick H. Nerad Fine …

Eight west­ern Ohio coun­ties have been des­ig­nated as nat­ural dis­as­ter areas after months of heavy rain and flood­ing. The des­ig­na­tion, by the U.S. Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture for But­ler, Darke, Defi­ance, Hamil­ton, Mer­cer, Pauld­ing, Pre­ble and Van Wert coun­ties, means farm­ers in those coun­ties can now seek fed­eral assis­tance includ­ing emer­gency …