In But­ler, Police now say that three chil­dren were respon­si­ble for the March 26th fire which destroyed the Old But­ler Com­pany build­ing on South Broad­way. The two boys and a girl… all ages 11 and 12, appar­ently spread gas inside of the build­ing and set a cou­ple of fires. Police …

Kevin G. Fritz, M.D., age 52, of Archbold , passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in his home. Kevin was a General Surgeon, practicing with the Archbold Medical Group and Fulton County Health Center, part of the Parkview Physicians Group, since 2007. Prior to that he had started his practice …

Shirley M. Ridgway, 79, of Bryan passed away Sunday at her home.  She was born on October 9, 1935 in Bryan to Raymond W. and Wava M. (Eck) Nickels.  Shirley graduated from Bryan High School in 1953.  She married James A. Ridgway and he preceded her in death in January 1999. Shirley was …

Arch­bold Vil­lage Coun­cil took steps this week, to place a replace­ment levy on the Novem­ber bal­lot. Coun­cil voted unan­i­mously to place a 3.3-mill replace­ment prop­erty tax levy on the Novem­ber bal­lot. Accord­ing to Arch­bold offi­cials, the replace­ment levy would raise an addi­tional $389,000 per year begin­ning in tax year 2016, …

A one-vehicle injury crash occurred on Ohio 637, north of Grover Hill, early Tues­day morn­ing. The Ohio High­way Patrol says it hap­pened around 2:20am yes­ter­day, when a semi-tractor trailer dri­ven by Gre­gory Burns, of Mar­ion, was south­bound on Ohio 637. The truck trav­eled off the right side of the road­way …

The Board of Direc­tors of Cameron Memo­r­ial Com­mu­nity Hos­pi­tal didn’t have to look very hard for the hospital’s new Pres­i­dent and Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer. Con­nie McC­ahill has been the Chief Oper­at­ing Offi­cer at Cameron for the past three years. Now, she has been appointed by the board to the Pres­i­dent …

An Arch­bold man, accused of steal­ing more than $37,500 from an elderly Bryan widow, will be sen­tenced in Williams County Court next month. 27 year old Keith Pedigo pleaded guilty on Mon­day to third-degree felony theft from an elderly per­son. The guilty plea clears the way for Pedigo’s sen­tenc­ing, which …

Pauline D. Chambers, age 83, of Stryker, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2015 at Evergreen Manor in Montpelier. Pauline was born in Defiance on January 24, 1932, the daughter of Barnie and Mary (Stevens-Harsch) Whetstone. Surviving are two sons, Gene Chambers of Stryker, Donald A. Stiver, Jr. of Michigan; …

Three sus­pects are still on the run, but a get­away vehi­cle has been recov­ered fol­low­ing the rob­bery of the Farm­ers State Bank in Ash­ley on Mon­day morn­ing. Accord­ing to the sheriff’s office, the sus­pects entered the bank, dis­played a hand­gun, demanded money from the tellers and got away in a …

Bryan Police made some arrests. Accord­ing to a report issued this morn­ing, 19 year old Dakota McNany of Bryan was arrested Sat­ur­day, and charged with con­sum­ing under­age, and pos­ses­sion of mar­i­juana. He was released on his own recog­ni­zance. On Sat­ur­day, 20 year old Justin Antigo of Bryan, was arrested and …