Rue Kathleen Moore was born asleep on Sunday, July 16, 2023 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers- Bryan.  Rue was the daughter of Jacob D. and Candace K. (Keller) Moore. Rue is survived by her parents, of Defiance; grandparents, Ken Keller and Sheryl Keller, both of Defiance, Barry Moore, of …

Carl L. Bowers, Sr., 85 of West Unity passed away, Tuesday July 18, 2023 at Fountain Park Inn and Villas in Bryan.  He was born on May 22, 1938 in West Unity to Ernest and Thelma (Stantz) Bowers.  Carl was a graduate of West Unity High School and then on …

The Williams County commissioners approve a resolution to proceed with placing an additional levy on the November ballot for the Williams County Health Department. If passes it will be 0.29 mills for 10 years and will be used for operations. It amounts to $10 dollars of tax per year for …

Older absentee ballot request forms are still acceptable for the Aug. 8 special election, as long as the proper ID is submitted. The Williams County Board of Elections says there has been some confusion on whether these forms would be accepted. House Bill 458, passed earlier this year, eliminated some …

Ohio Secretary of State, Frank LaRose launches a bid for the U.S. Senate on Monday, describing himself as a “battle-tested” conservative who represents the Republican Party’s best chance to unseat third-term Democrat Sherrod Brown next year and win back the closely divided chamber. In his second term as Ohio’s election’s …

A six-year-old girl dies while swimming at Bixler Lake in Kendallville. According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, she was last seen in shallow water before relatives found her unresponsive sometime later. Family members and first responders attempted life-saving efforts, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. The …

State Rep. Bob Young is arrested and charged with domestic violence, accused of assaulting a family member. Officials say…Young struck the person in the face and then threw her phone into a pool to prevent her from calling 911. Young, who appeared in court…is now subject to several protection orders, …

The Supreme Court leaves in place…a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a university doctor, the late Richard Strauss. Two cases involving the abuse were on a list of many cases the court said it would not hear. Ohio …

Catherine M. Potts-Deitrich, 66, of Rotonda West, Florida, and formerly of Sherwood, Ohio, passed away Friday, July 14, 2023, at Tidewell Hospice in Venice, Florida.  Cathy was born June 4, 1957, in Detroit, Michigan, daughter of the late Michael C. and Mary E. (Walls) Muchnok.  She was a 1975 graduate …

Brady W. “Bud” Taube, 25, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Friday, July 14, 2023, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Brady was born December 9, 1997, in Hicksville, Ohio, the son of Ralph W. Taube and Ruby J. Cook.  He was a 2016 graduate of Hicksville High School …