Joan Carol (Norton) King, A long time resident of Wauseon, Ohio, passed away on January 21, 2021 at the age of eighty.  Joan was born to Bearl and Beatrice P. (Birmingham) Norton, February 9, 1940. She was a graduate of Libbey High School. Joan was married to Dr. Sterling W. …

June Avon Barton Rupp, of Archbold, Ohio went to meet her Lord and Saviour on Thursday, January 21, 2021.  She died peacefully in her sleep at home, surrounded by loved ones. June was born April 19, 1928 in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Julian B. Barton and Viola (Wagoner) Barton.  …

The pretrial hearing for a Toledo man, accused of stabbing a Montpelier woman to death in February 2020…is pushed back on the docket for a sixth time. Thomas Smith, 24, was scheduled for a pretrial conference in Lucas County. It’s now set for March, 6th. Last March, Smith pled not …

A Bryan woman is sentenced to more than five years in prison in a Paulding County courtroom. Prosecutors told the court Angela Lambert sold large amounts of methamphetamine. She gets a minimum 65-month prison term by Judge Beckman. Lambert pled guilty back in December, we reported. Officials say she had …

Defiance County is awarded $18 thousand dollars to supplement emergency food and shelter programs. It is a part of Phase 38 of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, approved by Congress. It will be distributed to the qualifying agencies by a local board that includes representatives from the American Red …

The county health department announces it has scheduled a free COVID-19 testing event…in partnership with the Ohio National Guard. It’s similar to one staged in early December. The free testing is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday…at the Gillette Building, on the Williams County Fairgrounds, in Montpelier.

Kathaleen J. “Kate” Jennings, age 89, of Hamilton, Indiana, passed away at 7:30 P.M. on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at Northern Lakes Care and Rehabilitation in Angola, Indiana. Mrs. Jennings was a 1949 graduate of Hamilton High School. She attended Edon United Methodist Church, where she was an active member …

Diane Louise Drewes (Short) succumbed to COVID-19 on Monday, January 18th 2021 at the age of 75 at the CHP Hospice Center in Defiance, Ohio. Born to Samuel and Rebecca Short on November 29, 1945, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Diane joined the Air Force after graduating high school in Alabama and …

Williams County kicks off the latest portion of the COVID-19 vaccination program. Both the county health department and Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers held individual vaccine clinics for Phase 1B…distributing a very limited supply of vaccine to residents 80 years old and older. The hospital is giving its 300-dose allotment…to …

A fire destroys the Howerton Enterprises warehouse on S. Jackson St.in Defiance. Fire and smoke could be seen for blocks…much of it from the back of the building…as the fire team moves in to fight the blaze. The warehouse was used to store after-market auto parts. No injuries were reported. …