His­tory was made this past week as two Mont­pe­lier women became the first same-sex cou­ple to be legally mar­ried in Williams County. April and Kee­ley Robarge, who are 23 and 28 years old, and have spent the last three years together, are now start­ing a new chap­ter of their life …

Charlene C. Housh, 87, of Montpelier, passed away Tuesday morning at her home. She was born on June 11, 1928 in Decatur, Illinois to George A. and Verna V. (Crawford) Shaw. Charlene was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Bobby F. “Cricket” Housh and son, Randy L. Housh. A …

Well, here’s some good news for folks liv­ing in Bryan. The Bryan Times today reports that, accord­ing to a Utah based home secu­rity sys­tems com­pany… Safe­wise, Bryan is the safest city in Ohio. The rank­ing comes fol­low­ing a report that shows that Bryan only had one reported vio­lent crime, and …

Ohio Gov­er­nor John Kasich offi­cially announced his pres­i­den­tial run Tues­day. In an speech at Ohio State Uni­ver­sity that described the woes of Amer­i­cans wor­ried about lost jobs, health care costs and crush­ing stu­dent debt, Kasich also tried to strike an opti­mistic note. High­light­ing his expe­ri­ence work­ing with for­mer Pres­i­dent Ronald …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office has been inves­ti­gat­ing what has been termed a dis­crep­ancy over keys and reim­burse­ment between the Williams County Agri­cul­tural Soci­ety and a for­mer fair board mem­ber. The inves­ti­ga­tion involv­ing for­mer board mem­ber John McDon­ald was launched last month at the request of the fair board. That …

A young man who listed no per­ma­nent address when he was arrested by Bryan Police, now has one. 19 year old Kyle Finch was arrested by Bryan Police on Tues­day after­noon, just before 1PM, on a bench war­rant that had been issued by Bryan Munic­i­pal Court. His address, although most …

From antique dolls, teddy bears and doll cloth­ing to mod­ern col­lectibles, doll fur­ni­ture and acces­sories .… Founders Hall At Sauder Vil­lage will be filled with exhibitors and bustling with activ­ity on August 1 and 2 as doll lovers and col­lec­tors gather for the Doll & Teddy Bear Show and Sale. …

Norma Fay Burrowes, 81 years, of West Unity, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015 in the emergency room of Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, with her family at her side.  Norma was born March 9, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of the late Howard and Frances (Young) Phelps, Sr.  Norma was …

A Ontario man was killed in a fiery crash Mon­day morn­ing just east of Napoleon. 63 year old Djordie Miha­jlo of Win­dosor, Ontario, died when his semi went up in flames fol­low­ing a col­li­sion involv­ing four vehi­cles on U.S. 24 in Henry County. The truck dri­ven by Miha­jlo struck the …

The Multi Area Nar­cotics Unit now says sev­eral drug-related arrests were made as a result of an inves­ti­ga­tion of two recent sus­pected heroin over­doses. Last Thurs­day, 37 year old Chad­wick Wise­man of Defi­ance, was found suf­fer­ing from what appeared to be a heroin over­dose. Wise­man was treated at a local …