Williams County Com­mis­sioner, 66 year old Al Word, announced Mon­day he will not seek re-election in 2016. Word had been cir­cu­lat­ing nom­i­nat­ing peti­tions and secur­ing sig­na­tures for re-election for the past cou­ple of months. On Mon­day, he sim­ply said he changed his mind. Word then said that he plans to …

It was back in April, that the com­mu­nity of Edon lost its fire depart­ment after a fire in one of the truck bays. No one was injured, but all the fire trucks and nearly all of the gear was destroyed. Now, Com­mu­nity Memo­r­ial Hos­pi­tal of Hicksville is spon­sor­ing a 5K …

Two Michi­gan res­i­dents were injured Mon­day morn­ing in a motor­cy­cle crash on I-69 at the Crooked Lake Exit. It hap­pened yes­ter­day morn­ing around 5:00am when the back tire appar­ently blew out on a motor­cy­cle dri­ven by 46-year-old Robert Lane of Flint, Michi­gan. Lane lost con­trol of the bike, which then …

James Thiel, age 78, of Blakeslee, Ohio, died at 1:05 A.M. on Sunday, June 14, 2015, at Lakeland Nursing Center in Angola, Indiana where he was a patient after a brief illness. Mr. Thiel was a 1954 graduate of Edon High School and was owner and operator of James Thiel …

Pauline N. Alpaugh, 80, of Bryan and formerly of Pioneer passed away late Friday night at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier.  She was born on November 17, 1934 in Putnam County, Ohio to Lewis P. and Bertha S. (Miller) Kirkendall.  On June 9, 1950 she married Dale M. Alpaugh in Alvordton …

A teenage girl left home early last Wednes­day. She hasn’t been seen since. 15 year old Zoe Belle Rhoads was last seen in McClure at her father’s home between 2–2:30 a.m. Wednes­day. She’s described as about 5-foot, three inches tall. Rhoads is a sopho­more Napoleon High School, and although she …

Although Bryan Police have remained very tight lipped about it, we do know that early on Sat­ur­day, they arrested a Bryan man on a drug charge. 19 year old Dakota McNany was charged with pos­ses­sion of mar­i­juana. McNany was also charged with under­age con­sump­tion. McNany’s arrest came just after 1am …

It looks like the vil­lage of West Unity may have some seri­ous prob­lems con­cern­ing it’s sewer plan. The Bryan Times reports that vil­lage offi­cials fear the plant may now be too small after some com­pli­ance prob­lems at the plant were revealed last week. Addi­tion­ally, the plant’s ultra­vi­o­let dis­in­fec­tion sys­tem is …

Mary M. (Bulger) Holland, age 98, of Spring, Texas, and formerly of Archbold, Ohio, died Thursday evening, June 11, 2015, in her home. Arrangements are pending at the Grisier Funeral Home in Archbold.

Christopher J. Herren, age 33, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away on Monday, June 8, 2015, in his home. He attended 4-County Joint Vocational School in auto mechanics and auto body and had been employed at Stark Truss in Edgerton. Christopher J. Herren was born on October 29, 1981, in Farmington …