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A final pretrial hearing is set in a Paulding County murder case. Tristen Blair is charged, accused in the death of his 3-month-old son, last Oct. The child was admitted to a hospital in Fort Wayne, where the medical staff indicated possible child abuse. An autopsy showed evidence of blunt …

Paulding is once again looking for a new leader. In June, the council voted to hire E. Thomas Ault as the new village administrator. He was to start July 23. Mayor Greg Reinhart informed council this week that Ault has declined the position. Another candidate was offered the job but …

A renewal levy request by Defiance’s Board of Developmental Disabilities is approved by county commissioners. The board’s request for commissioners’ to place an additional 0.5-mill, five-year levy on the November ballot along with a 0.85-mill, six-year renewal levy was turned down last month. The levy is set to expire at …

Joyce Anita Stanley-Daneke, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 3:14 P.M. on Saturday, June 30, 2018, at Laurels of Defiance where she was a resident after an extended illness. A 1949 graduate of Montpelier High School, Joyce had a long, fulfilling career as a bookkeeper for many area …

Rosann Friend, 90 years, of Hamilton, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2018 at Northern Lakes Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Angola, Indiana. Rosann was born February 17, 1928 in Pleasant Lake, Indiana the daughter of the late Bert and Pauline (Ling) Swihart. She was a 1947 graduate of Pleasant Lake High …

First responders take on a house fire near Ayersville. When crews arrived at the Dohoney Road address, flames and smoke were coming out of a garage on the property. A car was ablaze inside. Defiance fire teams joined Highland Township crews in the firefighting operation. An attached dwelling was damaged …

Bryan Police responded to two fights, one of which may have led to serious injuries. The first was at the East End Pool on E. High Street. It was fisticuffs between several juveniles. They won’t be allowed at the pool for a few days. They were turned over to the …

The Montpelier man convicted of burning and stomping on a 1-year-old girl in 2017 files an appeal. Alan Laney was sentenced in June to seven and a half years prison with another 12 on post-release control.

The family of Sierah Joughin will receive the real estate of James Worley…this as a result of a settlement of a civil suit in Fulton County. Worley was convicted of the 2016 kidnapping and murder of Joughin and sentenced to death. All real estate owned by Worley will be transferred …

The Bryan City Council OK’s an agreement to staff Bryan City Schools with full-time school resource officers at each of the district’s school buildings. The three-year agreement calls for the district to fund the salaries of two school resource officers while the city will fund a third.