A motor­cy­clist from Canada died early Sun­day morn­ing when his bike was rear ended on I-69 north of Ash­ley. The crash hap­pened at 2:25am at the 343.5 mile marker on the south­bound side of I-69, when a vehi­cle dri­ven by 36 year old Chet Gilbert of Ash­ley, and a Harley …

On Sat­ur­day, June 27, all res­i­dents of Williams County will receive free admis­sion to the his­toric Sauder Vil­lage as part of Williams County Com­mu­nity Appre­ci­a­tion Day. Free admis­sion is being offered to all Williams County res­i­dents as a way to say thank you for their sup­port. On Williams County Day …

Keith Lock­hart now owns a piece of Bryan his­tory. The Bryan Times today, reports that Lock­hart sub­mit­ted the win­ning bid of $30,800 Thurs­day dur­ing an open auc­tion of the for­mer Williams County Sheriff’s Office and county jail build­ing in down­town Bryan. Lock­hart is a Mont­pe­lier con­struc­tion con­trac­tor. He actu­ally bid …

Accord­ing to a deci­sion by the Defi­ance County Board of Elec­tions, a Hicksville may­oral candidate’s Inde­pen­dent sta­tus is invalid. The board decided by a 3–1, that David Schoo­ley can­not run as an Inde­pen­dent for mayor in the Novem­ber gen­eral elec­tion due to his con­nec­tion with the Defi­ance County Demo­c­ra­tic Party. …

A Defi­ance man is now behind bars, after his arrest for tak­ing part in a Wednes­day morn­ing rob­bery at the North­towne Mall. 21 year old Kyle March is being charged with felony rob­bery. He is being held in the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio, and is sched­uled to make an …

Patricia K. Collins, age 67 of Ney, Ohio passed away at 9:14 A.M. on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at Defiance Regional Medical Center. She worked at Spangler Candy Company for 33 years. Patricia was known for collecting owls, and enjoyed camping, traveling and most of all, spending time with her …

Diane Marie Kendall, age 60, of Bryan, Ohio passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at her home following a brief illness. Diane was the manager at Cut Rate Tobacco in Montpelier and had been a Bulk Mail carrier. She was a member of the Bryan Eagles Aerie #2233 and was …

The for­mer Williams County jail at the cor­ner of North Beech and West Bryan streets is going on the auc­tion block today. By order of the Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers, the two-story, 9,027-square-foot brick for­mer jail and county sheriff’s office will be auc­tioned off to the high­est bid­der. The auc­tion is …

A Defi­ance man was in Defi­ance County Court to answer to two methamphetamine-related charges. 21 year old Schuy­lar Win­kler pleaded guilty to aggra­vated pos­ses­sion of drugs and ille­gal assem­bly or pos­ses­sion of chem­i­cals for the man­u­fac­ture of drugs, both felonies. A pre-sentence inves­ti­ga­tion was ordered and Winkler’s $500,000 cash bond …

Some Pauld­ing County roads have been closed due to high water, and many folks are busy fill­ing sand­bags to help pro­tect homes from ris­ing water. The state has closed Ohio 66 between Ohio 637 and Ohio 613 near Oak­wood as well as Ohio 500 from the Indi­ana state line to …