A pre-trial con­fer­ence for 49-year-old Jef­frey Pep­pler of Angola, the man charged with the Jan­u­ary 3rd stab­bing death of his sis­ter and the attempted mur­der of his mother, was con­tin­ued on Mon­day in Steuben Supe­rior Court. The next court date is now June 19th. Pep­pler is sched­uled to go on …

A Mont­pe­lier man was arrested Mon­day after the dri­ver of a reported stolen vehi­cle fled from the scene of an acci­dent east of Pleas­ant Lake. K-9 units from Orland and Ash­ley were brought in to search for the sus­pect. While the police dogs were track­ing him, mem­bers of the Steuben …

One man is dead after a motor­cy­cle crash. It hap­pened just after 4 on Sun­day after­noon on State Route 281, just east of Sny­der Road in Defi­ance County. 58 year old Ran­dall Akers was on a motor­cy­cle headed east on 281, when he attempted to pass a car in front …

A reminder that the annual Fra­ter­nal Order of Police Golf Out­ing will be Sat­ur­day, June 27 at Orchard Hills Golf Course, with a shot­gun start at 8:30 a.m. Rain date is Sat­ur­day, July 25. The reg­is­tra­tion dead­line is June 25. Door prizes will be given along with awards for the …

The Farm­land Jazz Band will per­form at the Huber Opera House in Hicksville on Thurs­day from 7–8:30 p.m. The band con­sists of the finest musi­cians from north­east Indi­ana and has per­formed for thou­sands of peo­ple at var­i­ous venues includ­ing parades, par­ties, bars, church pic­nics, fes­ti­vals, wed­dings, and after­noons in the …

A Bryan man who was found guilty of arrang­ing bogus sales of $250,000 worth wooden pal­lets will be sen­tenced this after­noon in Williams County Court. 36 year old Gene Fer­rell faces up to 35 years in prison when he stands before Judge J.T. Stelzer this after­noon at 2 p.m. in …

Audrey Lamonie Bingaman, 87 years, of Bryan, Ohio passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at Genesis Healthcare, Bryan Center. Audrey was born May 26, 1928 in Williams County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Oscar Wayne and Sarah Ruth (Huntington) Bingaman.  She an office worker for GTE for many years.  She was …

In Allen County, Indi­ana, offi­cials say a Hicksville man was involved in a fatal crash Wednes­day after­noon. It hap­pened near Indi­ana State Route 37 and Indi­ana State Route 101. 19 year old Lenley A. Bar­ton III was dri­ving a Chevro­let Cav­a­lier that slammed into a trac­tor trailer trav­el­ing west on …

Ash­ley police found an alleged active metham­phet­a­mine lab and mul­ti­ple pre­cur­sors in a vehi­cle they pur­sued late Wednes­day after­noon. Police tried to stop a vehi­cle for traf­fic vio­la­tions on North Wabash Avenue, but the car tried to flee from police and came to a stop at a home in the …

A new report issued by the Ohio High­way Patrol, says dri­vers who don’t leave enough space between vehi­cles cause far too many crashes. Tail­gat­ing, or fail­ing to main­tain an assured clear dis­tance ahead was the most fre­quent cause of crashes over­all in Ohio in 2014, account­ing for 67,886 crashes on …