Charlotte Joan Sine passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, at her home in Bryan, Ohio. Joan was a homemaker and had worked at the Bryan Community Preschool for 20 years. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church and the Monday Night Club. She enjoyed spending time with …

David “Clarence” Vaughn, Sr, 83 years, of Hicksville, Ohio passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2020. Clarence was born May 24, 1937 in Bell County, Kentucky, the son of Frank and Viola (Phipps) Vaughn. Clarence married Margaret “Peggy” Coil on September 16, 1962 in Methodist Church in Melrose, Ohio. He worked …

James “Jim” Wroblewski Sr., 77 years, of Hicksville, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2020 in his home. Jim was born April 12, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of the late Harry J. and Pauline (Farris) Wroblewski. On August 15, 1997, he was united in marriage to Nellie Loucks and …

A Defiance woman is sentenced in Defiance County for a stabbing incident on Harrison Avenue, last year. Audrey Foust gets four to six-years behind bars, with credit for 339 days served in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio, while her case was pending. Attempted murder charges were dropped in the …

A Napoleon man enters a plea in a Henry County courtroom. Eric Gossman pleads guilty to felonious assault…accused of threatening a city police officer with a potentially deadly weapon during a theft investigation. A pre-sentence investigation is ordered and his $100,000 cash bond continued. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 8. …

Michael Strykul of Columbus Grove is charged with failure to comply with a lawful order of a police officer and DUI…this, after an alleged kidnapping attempt is made. Strykul was taken into custody….additional charges are pending. Dispatch got the call on N. High St. Apparently he took a child from …

Just a week from Election Day, more than 35% of registered voters in area counties have either voted in-person or been provided an absentee ballot as requested. In Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and Williams counties, officials confirm 50,023 voters had been either turned in an absentee ballot or voted …

Patricia Ann Bartley, age 76, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 8:10 A.M. on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mrs. Bartley worked many years as a private duty home health aide and had also worked at Bryan Nursing …

Jackie E. Kroa, 82 years, of Bryan, passed away Monday, October 26, 2020, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance.  Jack was born October 23, 1938, in Grand Ridge, Illinois, the son of the late William and Naomi (Kretzar) Kroa.  He was a 1956 graduate of Ney High School.  …

Laylin F. Krill, 88 years, of Bryan passed away Monday, October 26, 2020 at SKLD- Bryan Center, Bryan, Ohio. Laylin was born September 22, 1932 in Edgerton, Ohio, the son of the late Alonzo H. and Frances M. (Rex) Krill. He was a graduate of Bryan High School. Laylin served …