A Henry County man has been arrested a felony charge of rape. 31 year old Dal­ton Simon was taken into cus­tody by Henry County Sheriff’s Deputies at his home in Mal­inta, and taken to the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio, where he sits, accused of rape. Inves­ti­ga­tors say the rapes …

Harold J. Wheeler, 84 years, of West Unity, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  Harold was born November 14, 1930 in Waldron, Michigan, the son of the late Clifford and Velma (Fulk) Wheeler.  He married Lois “Arlene” Kuney on November 17, 1951 in West Unity, …

For many, the Fourth Of July cel­e­bra­tion includes alco­hol. That is why the Ohio State High­way Patrol will be out in full force crack­ing down on impaired dri­vers this Fourth of July week­end, which begins today. The zero-tolerance pol­icy is part of the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over …

The owner of a Toledo funeral home, where sev­eral bod­ies intended for cre­ma­tion were found decay­ing, had now been charged with abuse of a corpse. Robert Tate Jr., accord­ing to offi­cials on Wednes­day, was accused of treat­ing a corpse in a way that would out­rage most peo­ple. The charge is …

Flood waters on Wednes­day, con­tin­ued to recede, and the cleanup began in numer­ous areas where debris from flood­ing was left behind. Many peo­ple and offi­cials are now assess­ing dam­age. Both Pauld­ing and Henry coun­ties declared dis­as­ter areas because of flood­ing. The National Weather Ser­vice says that more than eight inches …

Louise H. Haye, age 69, of Stryker, Ohio, died at 10:40 P.M. on June 27, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where she was a patient, after an extended illness. Mrs. Haye was a graduate of Indiana University and had been employed by the Ohio State …

A dis­pute in Steuben County between the Com­mis­sion­ers and the County Humane Shel­ter… Com­mis­sion­ers took no action on a pro­posed con­tract with the Humane Soci­ety on June 15th over sev­eral con­cerns. The biggest stick­ing point… who in the county should get ser­vice from the Humane Soci­ety? The Soci­ety had agreed …

An inci­dent that halted traf­fic on the Indi­ana Toll Road in Lagrange County early yes­ter­day morn­ing, for­tu­nately ended peace­fully. Traf­fic was backed up Tues­day morn­ing, on the east­bound lanes of the high­way, when a man who police say may have men­tal health issues, report­edly doused him­self with gaso­line and threat­ened …

So far, it’s been a wet start to the sum­mer in Williams County. The National Weather Ser­vice says more than five inches of rain has fallen here since just last Thurs­day. In the Bryan area, the weather ser­vice says 5.27 inches of rain fell in the three-day period from June …

An ini­tial appear­ance was made on Tues­day in Williams County Com­mon Pleas Court, by a man who is accused of rape. 27 year old Justin Phipps of Crid­er­sville, is accused of rap­ing a young child under the age of 13 at the home of a friend in Bryan back in …