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 …

A woman was hit by a motor­boat while swim­ming on Lake James on Sat­ur­day. 65 year old Ruth Petitti of LaGrange was swim­ming Sat­ur­day after­noon around 2, when she was hit by a motor­boat dri­ven by 38 year old Matthew Gum­bel of Angola. Gum­bel and oth­ers told inves­ti­ga­tors that Petitti …

An agree­ment has been reached between the Defi­ance City Board of Edu­ca­tion and Defi­ance prop­erty own­ers Talmer and San­dra Hill­man con­cern­ing land just south of the Defi­ance High School cam­pus. Dur­ing a spe­cial meet­ing held yes­ter­day, a res­o­lu­tion was approved that autho­rizes a set­tle­ment of $265,000 for 4.2 acres at …

Joyce A. (Johnson) Eberly, age 69, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 12:00 A.M. on Saturday, July 18, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient after a brief illness. Joyce was a lifelong area resident and a 1964 graduate of Edgerton High School. …