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 …

Bernice A. Ruffer, age 95, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, August 6, 2015 at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home in Archbold, Ohio, where she had been a resident since 2008. She was born on February 16, 1920, near Napoleon to Leah (Bickford) and Julius Rohrbaugh. She was a 1938 graduate …

As promised, the com­pany behind the $2 bil­lion Nexus Pipeline has sued 91 Sum­mit County res­i­dents as it tries to gain access to pri­vate prop­erty for sur­vey­ing needs. The pro­posed three-foot-wide, 250-mile-long pipeline would carry nat­ural gas from Columbiana County to Defi­ance before turn­ing north and run­ning into Canada. Judges …

Ohio’s sales tax hol­i­day week­end is upon us. From today until mid­night Sun­day night, back-to-school shop­pers can expect to save on items such as cloth­ing priced under $75 and school sup­plies. Unlike some other states, com­put­ers are not included in the sales tax break. Sports equip­ment and work uni­forms are …