An Angola man is hurt badly in a two-vehicle crash in Northwest Township, on County Road 1.50. Officials tell reporters Hugh Skiles, 91, was southbound…while a Jeep, driven by Jennifer Horne of Edon, was heading northbound. Investigators say Skiles’ car traveled left of center while negotiating a curve and collided …

M. Joyce Covert, 100 years, of Bryan, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2020, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Center, Montpelier.  Joyce was born June 22, 1920, in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of the late Frank and May (Rawling) Davison.  She was a graduate of Lincoln High School in Ferndale, Michigan, then …

Robert G. “Cowboy” Sailer, 74 years of Hicksville, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020 at SKLD-Bryan Center, Bryan. Cowboy was born December 24, 1945 in Mark Center, Ohio, the son of the late Rollie and Valene (Caryer) Sailer. He was a 1963 graduate of Fairview High School. He served in …

Melvin D. Palmerton, age 67, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 6:05 P.M. on Sunday, December 20, 2020, at his home, surrounded by his family. Mel was a 1972 graduate of Edgerton High School and Four County Joint Vocational School. He owned Mel’s Collision for over 30 years. Mel was …

Wauseon firefighters quickly contain a blaze at a County Road C address. Officials tell reporters crews found fire and heavy smoke coming from a structure and vehicle on the property. The flames were put down and an excavator was brought in, to separate burning debris. The Fulton County Sheriff’s office …

A divided Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to a now-repealed ordinance in Ohio’s capital city…banning bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly. The state’s highest court rules, 4-3…two Ohio gun-rights groups, Ohioans for Concealed Carry and the Buckeye Firearms Foundation, had no standing to sue the …

More than half the $98 million dollars Ohio spent on personal protective equipment in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic went to buy hospital gowns. Ohio spent $55 million on gowns, its most expensive category. Officials confirm more than $7 billion dollars in coronavirus purchases by states this spring…for …

Both initial and continuing claims for unemployment compensation rose in Ohio last week, another sign of the economy’s continued weakness during the coronavirus pandemic. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says 38,327 Ohioans filed initial claims for unemployment, for the week ending Dec. 12. That marked a 6% …

Amanda Grace Salisbury, 33 years of age, passed away in the emergency room of Community Memorial Hospital, Hicksville, Saturday, December 12, 2020. Amanda was born May 6, 1987, in Hicksville, Ohio, the daughter of Robin and Angela (Plaster) Salisbury. She was a 2005 graduate of Hicksville High School, and continued …

Gary Alan Crudele, 66, of Stow, OH passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at Summa Health System-Akron Campus in Akron, OH. He was born on July 28, 1954 in Ashtabula, OH to Ben L. and Doris (Donatone) Crudele. Gary graduated from Edgewood High School in Ashtabula in 1973 and …