Ronald E. Faber, 89, of Montpelier passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at his home. He was born on April 3, 1935 in Montpelier to Jacob S. and Waneta (Shaul) Faber. On December 6, 1952 he married the love of his life, Carol A. Riter and she survives. Ron …

Marilyn L. Conn, age 90, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 9:15 A.M. on Wednesday, November 21, 2024, at Vancrest of Hicksville, Hicksville, Ohio. Marilyn was a 1952 graduate of Hicksville High School. She was a retail clerk for Carroll-Ames Hardware in Bryan for 21 years. After it’s closing she …

Robert F. “Bob” Higginbotham, 79 years of Hicksville, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2024, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Bob was born December 27, 1944, in Columbus, Ohio, the son of the late George and Geneva (Howard) Higginbotham. He married Sharon L. Barry on August 23, 1963, …

Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Dalton M. Surbey has been selected as the 2024 Trooper of the Year at the Defiance Post. The selection of Trooper Surbey, 27, is in recognition of outstanding service during 2024 at the Defiance Post. Fellow officers stationed at the Defiance Post chose Surbey based …

In honor of the life and service of Napoleon Patrolman Tyler Murrey, who died recently, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered the flags of the United States and the state of Ohio to be lowered Tuesday upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Henry County, the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern Riffe …

Radio Dispatcher Patrick P. Bowsher has been selected the 2024 Dispatcher of the Year at the Van Wert Dispatch Center. Bowsher joined the Highway Patrol in 1997 and has served at the Defiance and Van Wert Dispatch Centers. Originally from Edgerton, Ohio Bowsher is a graduate of Edgerton High School. …

The Swanton Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle injury crash involving an Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission Maintenance Vehicle. The crash occurred today at 11:52 a.m. on I-280 south at the ramp to the Ohio Turnpike in Lake Township, Wood County. The preliminary investigation showed …

Mercy Health-Defiance Hospital will be the scene today for what the company calls a first annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The event is planned from 5:30-7 p.m. tonight outside Mercy’s Defiance location at 400 E. Second St. in Defiance where a 16-foot artificial tree will be lit up for the …

It’s official! The apparent successful outcome of Napoleon Area City Schools’ property tax levy on Election Day was confirmed Tuesday. The Henry County Board of Elections counted approximately five dozen votes that had remained outstanding on Nov. 5. The district’s 4.7-mill, five-year levy passed on Election Night by 41 votes …

In a hunting update, Williams County youth checked more deer during the two-day youth gun hunting this year that ran Nov. 16-17,  than the three-year average for the county. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources reported Williams County youth checked 111 deer this year, compared to a three-year average of …