In Steuben County, police say Fri­day after­noon around 5, a con­cerned cit­i­zen brought a sus­pi­cious item into their Angola office. That item turned out to be an impro­vised explo­sive device. The Indi­ana State Police Bomb Squad was called in to dis­pose of the device, which was report­edly found along a …

Well, here’s some­thing you don’t hear about all that often… While exe­cut­ing a search war­rant late last week, mem­bers of the Multi-Area Nar­cotics Task Force dis­cov­ered an aggres­sive Ger­man Shep­herd… named “Nazi”, and a three foot long alli­ga­tor at a house in Defi­ance. Four peo­ple were arrested… 39 year old …

A crash Sat­ur­day night in Wauseon that left one per­son dead, is under inves­ti­ga­tion today. It hap­pened Sat­ur­day just after 8PM on Ohio 108, south of the Ohio Turn­pike, when a car appar­ently pulled out of a busi­ness dri­ve­way into the path of a big rig. Both the car and …

A dri­ver from Indi­ana was crit­i­cally injured Fri­day, when his trac­tor trailer slammed into a pick-up truck haul­ing liq­uid fer­til­izer. The crash hap­pend early Fri­day after­noon on U.S. 24 when the semi dri­ven by 75 year old Dana Cox of Indi­ana hit a tank trailer haul­ing liq­uid fer­til­izer that was …

Three arrests this week­end in Bryan, two of them involv­ing alco­hol. 22 year old Ken­neth Chap­puies of Bryan was charged wtih OVI and Open Con­tainer. He was released. 22 year old Miguel Rodriguez of Bryan was also pulled over and charged with hav­ing an open con­tainer of alco­hol, but he …

James L. Dominique, age 65, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:20 P.M. on Monday, May 18, 2015, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, Ohio. Mr. Dominique was a graduate of Swanton, Ohio High School and had been employed at various restaurants throughout the years including …

Richard E. “Dick” Roan, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:00 P.M. on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mr. Roan was a 1948 graduate of Bryan High School and served in the United States Army during the …

Lewis R. Ort, 98 years, of Bryan, and formerly of New Hill, North Carolina, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2015 at Hillside County Living, Bryan, with his family at his side.  Lewis was born April 17, 1917 in Defiance, Ohio, the son of the late Roy A. and Olive (Newton) Ort.  He …

Flame on Wednes­day evening destroyed a barn in Pauld­ing County. The fire was first called in just after 9pm with a report of a blaze on County Road 49, near Payne at the barn, owned by Thomas Laukhuf. Payne, Pauld­ing, Scott, Grover Gill and Con­voy fire depart­ments, as well as …

A bicy­clist is dead fol­low­ing an acci­dent Wednes­day evening in Defi­ance. 54 year old John Clay, of Defi­ance, was south­bound on the side­walk of the Clin­ton Street Bridge on Wednes­day night, when he lost con­trol of the bike, and fell into the south­bound lane of the bridge, where he was …