Kathy Jean Rhoades, 65 years, of Bryan, passed away Thursday May 14, 2015, at the Laurels of Defiance. Kathy was born August 4, 1949, to the late Ralph Emerson and Betty Jean (King) Bishop. She was a 1967 graduate of Hilltop High School and continued her education at Jackson Business …

James E. Swartz, age 56, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:45 P.M. on Thursday, May 14, 2015, at his residence. Mr. Swartz had worked at Airmate Company in Bryan for 21 years prior to his retirement. He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. James E. Swartz was born …

Dorine Elizabeth (Northrup) Smith went home to her Heavenly Father on May 11, 2015 while living at Fairlawn Nursing Care. Dorine was born into this world on December 10, 1926 to Esther (Rhoads) and Harold Northrup. She was the second of 7 siblings. She was preceded in death by her …

Clara E. Garver, 92 years, of Bryan, passed away peacefully, Thursday, May 14, 2015, at her residence with her family at her side.  Clara was born March 15, 1923, in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of the late John and Lydia (Vollmer) Billow.  She was a 1941 graduate of Ney High School, where …

Action on pro­posed changes to the oper­at­ing agree­ment for the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio were delayed another two weeks to allow offi­cials and judges from the City of Toledo and Lucas County to con­tinue talks. CCNO met on Wednes­day dur­ing a spe­cial board meet­ing, in which they expected to dis­cuss some …

A man accused of killing another man in Wauseon last month, has been nabbed in Texas. On Wednes­day, US Mar­shals reported the arrest of 37 year old Romualdo Cor­doba Jr. in Eagle Pass, Texas. Cor­doba was arrested with­out inci­dent in a casino park­ing lot last evening, and a woman with him was …

Bryan Police on Wednes­day, arrested a 19 year old Bryan man. Jerad Car­roll is now charged with domes­tic vio­lence. No other details have been released sur­round­ing that arrest, but police do say that Car­roll was locked up in CCNO.

A train acci­dent Wednes­day morn­ing near Defi­ance… A CSX train and a dump truck col­lided at a cross­ing on Tit­tle Road just after 9:30 yes­ter­day morn­ing. There were six engines on the west­bound train. All were dam­aged, includ­ing dam­age to the fuel tanks on each engine. The train took amost a mile …

Ruth A. Drosky, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at 5:53 P.M. at Dream Haven Assisted Living, where she was a resident. Ruth was born on May 1, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of George A. and Edna A. (Wetzilberger) Meffert. She …

Marian Amelia Schultz, 94, of Wauseon, Ohio entered into eternal peace on May 13, 2015 in CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Marian was born October 27, 1920 in Toledo, Ohio to Amelia and Harry Reedy. She graduated from Thomas A. DeVilbiss High School in Toledo. Marian was united in marriage …