A Defiance man is arraigned on two-counts of assault in a case from two months ago that turned deadly. Nathaniel Byrd pleads not guilty in a Defiance County courtroom. Several other charges apply in the case. A pretrial hearing is now set for Dec. 21. Bond?…$500,000 dollars. We reported back …

Lethal injection is no longer an option for Ohio executions…and lawmakers must choose a different method of capital punishment before any inmates can be put to death in the future. Gov., DeWine makes the call. He tells reporters he still supports capital punishment as Ohio law. But he has come …

Gov., DeWine announces he will extend the statewide curfew…as Ohio surpasses 7,000 coronavirus-related deaths. It exempts pharmacies, groceries and restaurants, offering takeout or delivery service. Previously, DeWine had ordered restaurants and bars to stop serving alcohol at 10 p.m.

Thomas Leroy Beach, 77, of Pioneer, passed away on Monday, December 7, 2020 at his home. He was born on October 11, 1943 in Adrian, MI to Frances and Doris (Parker) Beach. Leroy married Mary A. (Stahler) Stafford on November 4, 2009 in Blakeslee, OH and she survives. Leroy had …

Marilyn Jean McKelvey, 76, of Montpelier, passed away on December 8, 2020 at Hillside Country Living in Bryan. She was born on January 22, 1944 in Angola, IN to Waldo D. and Mildred J. (Dewire) Johnson. Marilyn graduated from Edon High School in 1962.  While in high school she worked …

Right now…the four residential skilled nursing home facilities in Williams County have 79 current active COVID-19 cases. Those facilities have accounted for three of the county’s 12 COVID-19 deaths to date. Officials confirm…the positivity rates as a percentage of the total resident population ranged from 1 to 63%.

A Bryan man dies in an apartment fire at the Bryan Senior Apartments complex on Rays Drive. Investigators believe Jeffrey Dominique didn’t put out a cigarette. It ended up in a garbage can…that touched off the blaze. Dominquie’s next of kin has been notified. The incident remains under investigation by …

Gov., DeWine announces he will extend the statewide curfew…as Ohio surpassed 7,000 virus-related deaths. The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Ohio has risen over the past two weeks from 7,618 on Nov. 22 to 8,656 on Dec. 6th. One in every 193 people in Ohio tested positive …

Indiana health officials report 5,700 new coronavirus infections and 42 additional COVID-19 deaths…as the state saw a slight increase in coronavirus-related hospitalizations following a recent drop. The additional deaths raise Indiana’s pandemic death toll to 6,284. The state agency also reported that 3,214 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Sunday …

Paula Elliot, 80 years, of Hicksville passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Laurels of Dekalb, Butler, Indiana. Paula was born October 10, 1940 in Hicksville, Ohio, the daughter of the late Norman and Martha (Rodocker) Cottrell. She was a 1958 graduate of Hicksville High School. Paula married John Elliot …