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A reminder that the dead­line to reg­is­ter for the annual Bryan Jubilee parade is 5 p.m. on Mon­day. A down­load­able reg­is­tra­tion form is avail­able at www.bryanchamber.org. This year’s parade theme is “The Kid in Me.” For more infor­ma­tion, you can log on to the cham­ber web­site… Bryan Cham­ber Dot Org.

A fire at a pole barn on Wednes­day after­noon, north of Angola, caused nearly $200,000 worth of dam­age. Flames broke out just after 3:00pm yes­ter­day on the Clay Grif­fin along State Road 127. The build­ing had a lot of small equip­ment in it, along with large round bales of hay. …

A Bryan man who raped a men­tally hand­i­capped per­son, was sen­tenced Wednes­day in Williams County Court to 11 years behind bars. 54 year old Ricky Rothen­buh­ler pleaded guilty last month to rape, and fail­ure to notify author­i­ties of a change in address. Rothen­buh­ler was already a reg­is­tered sex offender fol­low­ing …

A severe and dam­ag­ing storm raced across our area on Wednes­day night, bring­ing down power lines and trees in it’s path of destruc­tion. Toledo Edi­son reports a num­ber of out­ages in and around Defi­ance, Florida and Wauseon, leav­ing hun­dreds of peo­ple in the dark. Accord­ing to the National Weather Ser­vice, …

A dead body was dis­cov­ered in Edger­ton. Police say the body was found by fam­ily mem­bers on Mon­day night just before 8pm. No names have been released, but we do know that the address where the body was dis­cov­ered is 118 West Lynn Street in Edger­ton. Edger­ton Police so far …

A Pauld­ing man died Tues­day morn­ing in a one-vehicle crash. 18 year old Skyler Huth was pro­nounced dead at the scene by the Pauld­ing County Coro­ner. The crash hap­pened yes­ter­day morn­ing just after 7:30 on US-127, when Huth, who was north­bound in a Chevy Avalanche, appar­ently drifted off the side …

Three for­mer employ­ees of an Angola com­pany are now fac­ing theft charges after they allegeldy vio­lated com­pany pol­icy through the alleged unau­tho­rized sale of scrap mate­ri­als. Now, all three will head to trial in Steuben Cir­cuit Court next Feb­ru­ary. 59-year-old James Van Vlerah Junior of West Otter Lake is charged …

Two men, one from Bryan and one from Defi­ance, were sen­tenced in Ful­ton County Com­mon Pleas Court. 18 year old James Black of Bryan, was sen­tenced to two years com­mu­nity con­trol for break­ing and enter­ing and theft. Pros­e­cu­tors say Black broke into a Delta garage back in Jan­u­ary, where he …

A Mont­pe­lier man who police say stole a car in Mont­pe­lier, is in an Indi­ana county jail after crash­ing that car. 37 year old Mark Sidle, accord­ing to police, stole a Kia Soul in Mont­pe­lier Mon­day after­noon. That stolen car was involved in a crash involv­ing Sidle near Pleas­ant Lake, …

An Angola woman entered into a plea agree­ment with Steuben County pros­e­cu­tors on Mon­day in a Child Molesta­tion case. 24-year-old Michelle Esquivel pleaded guilty to Felony Child Molest­ing dur­ing a pre trial con­fer­ence in Steuben Supe­rior Court. She was sched­uled to go on trial on June 25th. Now, she will …