You’re in for an afternoon of old-time baseball on Saturday, July 26 as the Great Black Swamp Frogs, the Spiegel Grove Squires and the Elkhart County Railroaders gather for a Vintage Base Ball Tournament at Sauder Village. IT’s three baseball games being played using rules from the 1860s. This is …
Read More »Defiance Meat Recalled
The Ohio Department of Agriculture issued a press release on Sunday, stating Fort Defiance Meats, based in Defiance, has issued a voluntary recall for kippered beef products due to a processing deviation, and a recall for snack sticks due to being produced without inspection.The products being recalled include: • Individual …
Read More »Fulton Fair Lists Entertainment
Some top-name entertainment is coming to the 2014 Fulton County Fair: The Doobie Brothers on Sunday, August 31 and Lee Brice on Labor Day Monday. Tickets for these and other grandstand shows are on sale now. New this year, the Fair is providing an online box office which is accessible …
Read More »CaraLou Frey, 86
CaraLou (DeVries) Frey, age 86, of Archbold, passed away Wednesday evening, July 16, 2014 in Defiance, Ohio. Arrangements are pending at the Grisier Funeral Home in Archbold.
Read More »Blood Drive Today
An American Red Cross blood drive will be held today from 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. in Archbold. To schedule an appointment, call 800-RED-CROSS.
Read More »Arson In Bryan!
A fire Wednesday morning at the LE Smith Company in Bryan has now been labeled as arson. Damage was minor, only about $800, but investigators say it was the high heat necessary to ignite the fire that makes it suspicious, calling it intentional and not spontaneous. The Bryan Times says …
Read More »Local Man Charged With Murder In West Virginia
A Grand Jury in West Virginia this week, indicted two men on murder charges, one of them a local man from our area. Charles Freeman of Archbold was re-arrested Wednesday, along with Joseph Metz, of West Virginia, who was re-arrested in January in connection to the 1999 disappearance of 46 …
Read More »Teachers Union Files Suit
A teachers union has filed a lawsuit on behalf of The Hicksville Education Association in Defiance County Court against the Hicksville Exempted Village Board of Education. The suit, according to the Crescent News, comes following a grievance the union filed last August, and concerns the board’s alleged unfair actions taken …
Read More »Bryan Water Work Underway
The Bryan Water Department has begun replacing the water main on Parkview Avenue. The department is upgrading the existing 4-inch cast iron pipe to 8-inch main in the 600 to 800 blocks of Parkview Ave. They will also replace the existing fire hydrant and add another one. According to the …
Read More »Motorcycle Crash Fatal For Defiance Man
The Ohio Highway Patrol says a Defiance man was killed Tuesday evening in a two-vehicle crash. Police report that 58 year old Gary Saylor was pronounced dead at the scene on Ohio 15, south of Schick Road. According to the Highway Patrol, a vehicle driven by 18 year old Brittany …
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