In Henry County, a body found in the rub­ble of a burned out house on Wednes­day after­noon has been iden­ti­fied as that of 52 year old Yvonne Nel­son of Espanola, Ontario. The dis­cov­ery was made in the house at L-688 Henry County Road 17D, just south of Okolona, when fire­fight­ers …

If you live in Bryan, you can rest easy, and you should feel pretty safe. That’s because, accord­ing to an online report, Bryan is the safest city in the entire state of Ohio. The Bryan Times reports that Safe­Wise, a home secu­rity sys­tems com­pany based in Utah, says Bryan had …

The Williams County Sher­iffs Dept is ask­ing any­one with infor­ma­tion con­cern­ing the recent road sign thefts and mul­ti­ple mail box dam­ag­ing in Williams County to con­tact either the Sheriff’s office at 419 636‑3151 or the Williams County Crimestop­pers at 419 485‑9302. Any­one with infor­ma­tion lead­ing to arrests,charges,or indict­ments will receive …

David L. Royster, age 51, of Bryan, died at 7:01 P.M. on Monday, July 27, 2015, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Royster was employed by TRW Automotive in Fayette, Ohio. Service arrangements are pending with Krill Funeral Service, 860 West Mulberry Street, Bryan.

Richard Wayne McDowell, age 66, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Mcdowell was a carpenter by trade and had spent most of his life in Oklahoma. He was a veteran of the …

Mark J. Sundstrom, age 48, of Avon, Ohio, died at 2:35 A.M. on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mark was the loving son of Thomas and Valerie Sundstrom, brother of Stephen Sundstrom, and grandson of Frank and Margaret Friskney and …

Joneil Ellen Bonecutter, infant daughter of Tricia D. Bonecutter, was stillborn at 3:41 A.M. on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio. Survivors include her mother, two brothers, Devon and Grady Bonecutter; her grandparents, Neil and Joanna Bonecutter of Edgerton, great-grandmothers, Joan Bonecutter, of Butler, Indiana …

Frances M. Hook, 96 years, of Bryan passed away Wednesday July 29, 2015 at Genesis Healthcare- Bryan Center. Frances was born March 2, 1919, in Alliance, Ohio to the late Jesse and Murel (Low) Hook. She was a 1937 graduate of Bryan High School. She also attended International Business College …

Defi­ance County Com­mis­sion­ers on Wednes­day, approved a $70,000 Revolv­ing Loan Fund agree­ment for a Hicksville busi­ness that is expand­ing it’s oper­a­tions there. The agree­ment will now allow A&P Tool Inc., to acquire machin­ery and equip­ment for it’s planned expan­sion and growth. A&P in Hicksville, is plan­ning to add a 14,000-square-foot …

A truck dri­ver was killed early Wednes­day morn­ing in a semi crash on the Ohio Turn­pike near Delta. 47 year old Rus­sell Florida of War­ren, was pro­nounced dead at the scene. The crash hap­pened early yes­ter­day morn­ing, around 12:35 a.m., when a semi dri­ven by 61 year old Charles Simons …