Cory Comer of Hicksville choked and beat up her girlfriend at their West High Street home. That’s what the police says. Officers get the disturbance call. When they arrive and talk to the couple…Comer is soon cuffed and put in the police cruiser. No word on just how badly the woman …

Nearly all Ohio school districts have told the state they plan to return to in-person learning…in some form…by March 1st… meaning efforts to vaccinate thousands of school employees will begin Feb. 1st. Gov, DeWine says 96% of districts indicated they’d follow either the hybrid model…that’s home some days, in school …

Ruth Ann Bingman, 73, of Pioneer passed away Monday, January 18, 2021 at the Laurels of Defiance.  She was born on January 14, 1948 in Ransom Township, Michigan to Jim and Ruth (Pettit) Perham. Ruth graduated from North Central High School.  She was a member of the Montpelier Moose and …

Alberto Reyes Alvarez, age 59, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice after a brief illness. He loved his family dearly and enjoyed cooking, going to garage sales, fishing and helping out at the New Life Temple food pantry. Alberto Reyes …

A Bryan man is arrested after his vehicle hits a mailbox. Officials tell reporters Ronald Tingley was heading south on County Road 6…when his car goes off the east side of the roadway, striking the mailbox. The vehicle then travels off the west side…smashing into an embankment. The car is …

Williams County Commissioners approve engineering agreements for the Kunkle and Alvordton sanitary sewer projects. The Kunkle agreement, for $298,000, includes inspection services during construction. Commissioners also approved $3,500 to include a sewer crossing under the Norfolk Southern Railroad as part of the project. The Alvordton agreement, for $243,000, includes the …

A Toledo police officer is shot and killed, after an hours long armed standoff. Officer, Brandon Stalker, is the victim in the shooting that sent both him and the suspect to the hospital. Negotiators had tried for hours to get the suspect to surrender peacefully. Finally…tear gas is used. The …

The Ohio Democratic Party is hoping two historic picks…its first female chair and its first Black executive director…can restore its candidates’ fortunes against the state’s dominant Republicans…while also healing internal party divisions. The choices of Summit County councilmember, Liz Walters as chair…and Malik Hubbard as interim executive director, follows a …

Susanne Lucille Spiess, 95, died January 17, 2021, at Fairlawn Haven, Archbold. Born April 22, 1925, Susanne was the daughter of Jacob and Blanche (Miller) Schlatter, growing up on a farm in German Township. Susanne was one of only several women in her Archbold High School graduating class to attend …

James W. Fackler, 70, of Montpelier passed away Monday.  He was born on September 30, 1950 in Bryan to George and Mabel (Martin) Fackler.  He graduated from North Central High School in 1969.  Jim served in the United States Army Reserves for 6 years.  On April 22, 1972 he married …