A Montpelier man is sentenced to a maximum sentence of life imprisonment in a Williams County courtroom in a sexual abuse case involving two children. Jonathon Standish, 45, was given prison terms totaling 19 1/2 years to life on charges of rape and more. He was also classified as a …

Senator, Sherrod Brown announces the Department of Agriculture’s community facilities emergency rural health care program has awarded a $496,300 dollar grant to Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville. The funding will be used to recover some of the revenue the hospital lost during the pandemic…to help ensure continued care for the …

The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit…challenging Gov., DeWine’s authority to end Ohio’s participation in a federal pandemic unemployment aid program…ahead of the federal government’s 2021 deadline for stopping the payments. The court’s unanimous decision on Tuesday called the case moot, without any additional explanation. At issue before the …

Theresa J. Yockum, 84, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away Monday, November 21, 2022, in her residence.  Theresa was born September 12, 1938, in Cecil, Ohio, daughter of the late Henry C. and Vesta L. (Leffler) Shewman.  Theresa married Arthur E. Yockum on December 4, 1962, in Sherwood, Ohio, and he …

Arlene Rose Schneider, age 83, of Wauseon, passed away November 20, 2022, at CHP Defiance Inpatient Hospice. Arlene spent her life caring for her family and for her home. Arlene was born April 7, 1939, in Wauseon to the late John and Margaret (Geyman) Miller. Arlene was a Wauseon High …

Impairment and failure to wear a seat belt appear to have played a role in the death of a woman who died after her car left the road and slammed into a tree on State Route 575 near County Road G in Center Township. Officials say…the victim was driving south …

The William County Board of Elections on Monday reviewed provisional ballots and certified the final results of the Nov. 8 general election. Of 224 provisional ballots cast Nov. 8, the election board OK’d 172 and found that 52 were unable to be counted, due to reasons set forth in the …

Marvin E. Weber, age 67, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away suddenly at 5:04 P.M. on Friday, November 18, 2022, in Edgerton. Mr. Weber was a 1973 graduate of Edgerton High School and began working in maintenance for Simpson Industries, which eventually became Diversified Machine, retiring with over thirty years of …

David Ray Wolfinger, age 66, of Delta, passed away in his home on Saturday, November 19, 2022. David was born in Goshen, Indiana on May 30, 1956, the son of Robert Ray and Evelyn Louise (Sawyer) Wolfinger. On June 7, 1985 he married Dianne Shreves, and she survives. Also surviving …

Nancy R. (Graber) Roth, age 70, passed away in St. Vincent’s Medical Center on November 18, 2022. She was born on January 2, 1952, in the Belgian Congo to missionary parents Archie and Irma (Beitler) Graber. Nancy married Loren D. Roth on August 11, 1990, and he preceded her in …