Rick L. Adams, age 71, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 1:44 P.M. on Thursday, December 8, 2022, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio. Mr. Adams was a 1970 graduate of Edgerton High School and during his work career was employed at Edgerton Metal …

Sidney Hal Harvey, age 89, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2022 at Bryan Care & Rehabilitation Center in Bryan. Hal was a farmer, worked as a custodian for Mississinewa Schools and also drove school bus for the district for 45 years. He served his community as a …

Paulding County deputies were dispatched to Road 123, in Latty Township, for a welfare check. Co-workers of 60-year-old Celecitas Williams were concerned she had not reported to work for two days, she hadn’t called in and she had not answered her phone. While conducting a check of the property, deputies …

A Waterloo man loses control of his truck and hits a utility pole in a solo crash in DeKalb County. 61-year-old David Richie was heading west on County Road 28 when he left the roadway…smashing into a utility pole before coming to a stop in a field. Richie was able …

Two people are in the hospital after they were hurt in a two vehicle crash in DeKalb County…at the intersection of County Road 40 and County Road 61. Officials tell reporters…a woman…eastbound on County Road 40 ran a stop sign at the intersection…colliding into a pickup truck heading north on …

Jeffery A. Simon, 68, of Montpelier, passed away on December 7, 2022 at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay, OH. He was born on February 18, 1954 in Mount Vernon, OH and was raised by his foster parents Lavon and Shirley Elson. Jeff graduated from Montpelier High School in 1972. On …

Carmen C. Lanum, 71, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2022, surrounded by her loving family.  Carmen was born April 17, 1951, in Hicksville, Ohio, daughter of the late Floyd G. and Carmen C. (Morales) Ortiz.  She attended St. Joe High School, Butler, Indiana.  Carmen married Richard J. …

Doris Lawter, age 90, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at her home on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 following a brief illness. Doris worked at the former Ranch House and Kaufman’s Restaurants and at Shaffer’s Restaurant for many years. She enjoyed shopping, dancing, big family dinners and time with her family …

The latest proposal to give Ohio’s governor more power overseeing K-12 education clears the Republican-led state Senate despite objections that lawmakers are rushing legislation to significantly change decision-making about academic standards, model curricula and school district ratings, among other things. Oversight of the state’s education department would shift to a …

Ohio’s historical society can proceed with efforts to gain control of a set of ancient ceremonial and burial earthworks currently maintained by a country club where members golf alongside the mounds but access to the public is limited, the state Supreme Court rules. At issue before the court were the …