An Arch­bold teenager on Wednes­day, admit­ted in court, that he and oth­ers col­lected and shared pho­tos of naked girls. The boy, whose name has not been released due to his age, was charged with dis­sem­i­nat­ing mat­ter harm­ful to juve­niles, and was sen­tenced to serve six months of pro­ba­tion. If he …

Trine Uni­ver­sity announced on Wednes­day that the num­ber of stu­dents tak­ing sum­mer courses increased by 66 per­cent on Trine’s main cam­pus this year. Accord­ing to a uni­ver­sity press release, 546 stu­dents are tak­ing sum­mer classes on the main cam­pus this year com­pared to 329 in 2014. In addi­tion, more stu­dents …

James V. Dell, 59 years, of rural Defiance, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, June 2, 2015 in his residence with his family by his side.  Jim was born July 24, 1955 in Defiance, Ohio, the son of the late Vernon C. and Alice M. (Hill) Dell.  He was a 1973 graduate of Fairview …

Wayne L. Patee, age 89, of Bryan, Ohio, and a longtime resident of Edon, Ohio, died at 2:45 P.M. on Monday, June 1, 2015, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Patee was a veteran of World War II, …

Cody Ryan Thorp, age 24 of Murfreesboro, Tennessee and formerly of Bryan, passed away suddenly Monday, June 1, 2015 as a result of injuries sustained in an accident at work. He worked in Grounds Maintenance at Thorsports-Farms in Murfreesboro. Cody was a 2008 graduate of Bryan High School where he …

Donna J. Smith, age 77, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 1, 2015, at Genesis HealthCare – Bryan Center. Donna had worked at Bryan Custom Plastics in Bryan as a finisher. She was a member of the New Beginnings Church in Montpelier, formerly Central United Brethren Church …

Accord­ing to the March edi­tion of Site Selec­tion Mag­a­zine, the city of Angola is one of America’s Top 100 Microp­oli­tan Cities for the year 2014. Angola Mayor Dick Hick­man read a let­ter from the Lt. Gov­er­nor dur­ing last nights City Coun­cil meet­ing, when he said that the city has moved …

A Crid­er­sville man is accused of rap­ing a child in Bryan. 27 year old Justin Phipps appeared for a pre­lim­i­nary hear­ing Tues­day in Bryan Munic­i­pal Court, where it was found that there was prob­a­ble cause that Phipps com­mit­ted the crime. The case has now been bound over to the Williams …

In West Unity on Fri­day, it’s the begin­ning of the annual Gath­er­ing in Unity Days, run­ning Fri­day and Sat­ur­day, and fea­tur­ing antique trac­tors, trac­tor pulls, a parade, along with crafts, food and ven­dors. It’s all hap­pen­ing at Memo­r­ial Park, and is spon­sored by the West Unity Area Cham­ber of Com­merce, …

A man who entered a guilty plea for not reg­is­ter­ing of a sex or vio­lent offender was sen­tenced to two years in prison on Mon­day in Steuben Cir­cuit Court. 35-year-old Lawrence Troup was arrested in Feb­ru­ary, when the Steuben County Sheriff’s Depart­ment deter­mined that he was not liv­ing at his …