Area crews are dispatched to a barn fire on County Road 8. Officials say the property owner put it out with a garden hose, before they arrived. The loss is estimated at ten thousand dollars. A pick up truck, parked nearby is damaged in the blaze. No injuries were reported. …

Two men…charged with burglary are sentenced in Paulding County. Bobby Thompson and William Wehby are put on community control for four years. Thompson pled guilty to three counts of breaking and entering…and three counts of theft. Wehby pled guilty to two counts of breaking and entering…and two counts of receiving …

Ohio Highway Patrol Sgt. Fernando Chavez of Defiance expects a full return to work soon, just a month after his cruiser was demolished on U.S. 24 during a fatal traffic crash. We reported Chavez was writing a speeding ticket on the 24, just west of Independence Road, when his cruiser…parked …

Kelly S. Roehrs, 61, of Pioneer passed away Monday, October 11th at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan.  She was born on August 18, 1960 in Montpelier to Arlo C. and Marilyn J. (Moore) Zuver.  Kelly graduated from Hilltop High School in West Unity in 1979.  On June 12, 1993 …

Rex “Tony” Richmond, 74, of Edgerton passed away Sunday afternoon at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  He was born on August 18, 1947 in Montpelier to Rexford E. and Vivian M. (Wheeler) Richmond.  Tony graduated from Montpelier High School in 1964, and attended the University of Toledo.  …

William R. “Bill” Herman, age 79, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 8:05 P.M. on Monday, October 11, 2021, at The Laurels of DeKalb in Butler, Indiana, where he was a resident. Mr. Herman was a 1960 graduate of Edgerton High School and served in the Army Reserves. He was …

Edwin Franklin Welden, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 5:10 P.M. on October 11, 2021, at ProMedica Toledo Hospital after a brief illness. He was a 1947 graduate of Edon High School and a veteran of the United States Army, serving as a medic. Edwin was a member …

COVID-19 cases are trending downward in Williams County, though the county’s vaccine rate is still low. Health officials say the trend was expected…based off modeling from John Hopkins University, which has been the most accurate for them throughout the pandemic. The downward trend is simply part of the basic ebb …

County commissioners approve a request to hire a new staff attorney at the Williams County Prosecutor’s Office. Officials say, a significant increase in cases in the past year…a trend that shows all indications of continuing into the foreseeable future…is driving the request. All three supported the new hire.

The Ohio school board’s order, requiring a giant, now-defunct online charter school to repay the state $60 million dollars, over inflated enrollment figures…is final and cannot be appealed. The state Supreme Court makes the call. In a 4-3 decision, the court delivered what may be merely a symbolic blow to …