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29 year old Tyler Richards, the fugi­tive who escaped from the Bryan Munic­i­pal Court back in March by run­ning from a pro­ba­tion offi­cer even though he had a cast on his leg, has been cap­tured. The Bryan Times reports that Richards was trav­el­ing with his girl­friend, Jen­nifer Elliot of Alvord­ton …

A law­suit filed back in April of 2014 in Steuben Supe­rior Court against the Town of Fre­mont, its police depart­ment, two Fre­mont offi­cers and the Steuben County Sher­iffs Depart­ment has been set­tled out of court in a finan­cial set­tle­ment. The law­suit was filed by Lana Fan­ning and her son Alexan­der …

A report Tues­day after­noon about a man who may have had a gun. Accord­ing to the Branch County Sheriff’s Depart­ment, an Ohio woman and her hus­band were south­bound on I­-69 near the New­ton Road over­pass when they saw a tall, thin man with short hair point­ing a gun at their …

The Ohio State High­way Patrol was out in full force this past Labor Day week­end, and reports indi­cate a decrease in traf­fic fatal­i­ties. Eleven fatal crashes resulted in 11 deaths dur­ing the report­ing period of Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 4 at 12 a.m. through Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 7 at 11:59 p.m. This is …

Norman E. Riggs, 90 years of West Unity, passed away Sunday, September 6, 2015 in the home of his son, Steven, in Woodstock, Georgia. Norman was born May 8, 1925 in Leipsic, Ohio, the son of the late Ira and Clara (Yetter) Rigg. A High School graduate, Norman enlisted in …

John F. Keller, age 81, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance. John had worked in quality control at Bohn Aluminum in Angola, Indiana for over 30 years prior to his retirement. John F. Keller was born April 17, …

A man from Angola is in some seri­ous trou­ble, and fac­ing felony charges, after police say he knocked another man uncon­scious by whack­ing him in the head. It hap­pened early Sun­day morn­ing, when 23 year old Sean Gieger claims that the other guy broke into the home he was rent­ing …

A cou­ple of arrests to report on today in Bryan. Bryan Police say they arrested 39 year old Rebecca McCue of South Main Street in Bryan on Tues­day, and charged her with shoplift­ing. She was then released. Also yes­ter­day, Bryan Police col­lared 32 year old James Huff of Indi­ana, who …

Here it comes! The Williams County Fair kicks off this Sat­ur­day and runs through the fol­low­ing Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 19 in Mont­pe­lier. Admis­sion is $5 for adults.… kids 12 and younger get in for free. Adult sea­son passes are $20 and stu­dent passes are just $10. Ris­ing coun­try star Austin Webb …

Bryan City Coun­cil held their reg­u­larly sched­uled meet­ing on Tues­day, at which they dis­cussed needed improve­ments to the san­i­tary and storm sew­ers in the city. The Bryan Times reports that work will include new san­i­tary sys­tems and storm sewer improve­ments on sev­eral streets, along with upsiz­ing of the storm sewer …