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 …

Richard L. “Jake” Reas, age 66, of Hesperia, Michigan, died at 6:35 A.M. on Sunday, June 28, 2015, at Trinity Health Mercy Hospital in Muskegon, Michigan, after an extended illness. Mr. Reas was a graduate of Eastside High in Butler, Indiana, and upon graduation joined the United States Navy and …

The Flood warn­ings con­tinue today in much if not most of north­west Ohio, and they will remain in effect until at least 12:45 this after­noon. Those flood warn­ings for urban and small streams include Williams, Defi­ance, Henry and Ful­ton Coun­ties. The lat­est reports indi­cate flood waters are reced­ing in most …

Flood­ing in Defi­ance has forced the city to move its annual fire­works dis­play. Accord­ing to a report in the Cres­cent News, Fri­day night’s fire­works are still sched­uled to be launched Fri­day evening at dusk at Diehl Park. Due to the flood­ing caused by the recent rains, ven­dors and other mid­way …