The fam­ily of a man from Cecil, includ­ing his sur­viv­ing spouse, have been awarded $2.7 mil­lion as a result of a set­tle­ment after a fatal acci­dent that hap­pened in Defi­ance County almost exactly four years ago. It was in May of 2011 when James and Pamela Wor­man were rid­ing a …

Well, here’s some good news for Bryan. The town has been picked as the best town in Ohio, accord­ing to an inter­net search and review com­pany. The Bryan Times reports that it was high marks for edu­ca­tion, hous­ing, things to do and eas­i­est com­mute, that pushed Bryan to the top …

A busy week­end for Bryan Police… On Sun­day, 23 year old Johann Brock of Antwerp was arrested for OVI, not using his turn sig­nal, run­ning a red­light, and not wear­ing a seat­belt. In the end though, Brock was released. Also on Sun­day, police arrested 34 year old Mar­sha Love of …

An acci­dent involv­ing a pedes­trian and a train occurred early Sun­day morn­ing in Defi­ance. It was just after 1am yes­ter­day, when the call came in about the mishap at the rail­road cross­ing on Ottawa Avenue. So far, the vic­tim has not been iden­ti­fied. We do know how­ever, that the pedes­trian …

Dorothy Eileen Meller, age 85, of Archbold, and formerly of Wauseon, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2015. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon.

Robert E. Albright, age 60, of Wauseon, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the Cleveland Clinic. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home.

Steven M. Gorsuch, age 64, of Stryker, Ohio formerly of Toledo, Ohio, passed away May 16, 2015 in his home. He was born June 12, 1950 in Toledo, Ohio to the late Eugene and Betty (Rotterdam) Gorsuch. Survivors, Sisters, Susan Gorsuch, Toledo, Ohio. Judy (John) Paisie, Holland , Ohio. Brother, …

Lois I. Westfall, 95 years, of Sherwood, passed away Friday, May 15, 2015 at Twin Rivers Nursing Home, Defiance. Lois was born March 30, 1920, in Mark Center, Ohio, to the late Orley and Oda (Ebersole) Gecowets. She attended Mark Center Elementary School and Sherwood High School. Lois married Frank …

Edward C. Davenport, 70, of Edon passed away early Saturday morning at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center.  He was born on September 9, 1944 in Toledo, Ohio to John L. and Virginia R. (Cole) Davenport.  Edward graduated from Montpelier High School in 1963.  On January 31, 1965 he married Patricia A. Culbertson at …

The Pauld­ing Cham­ber of Com­merce Lead­er­ship in Action group has under­taken the project of research­ing and rais­ing aware­ness to make U.S. 24 safer. The results of that project are expected to help the Ohio Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion do just that. The group pre­sented their find­ings on Wednes­day at the Pauld­ing …