Jik James Leaman, 56 years, of Fremont, Indiana, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2014 at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola.  Jik was born February 25, 1958 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the son of James Roscoe and Billymae (Southern) Leaman.  He was a 1976 graduate of Hamilton High School.  Jik was a mechanic at …

Connie J. Lantz, age 57, of Delta passed away early Saturday May 24, 2014 in her home following an extended illness. Connie had been a Rural Mail Carrier for many years in Delta. Connie was born in Morenci, Michigan on August 29, 1956 the daughter of the late Emerson D. …

Bryan Police say they arrested 24 year old Mark E. Coul­ter of Arch­bold for Dis­or­derly Con­duct over the week­end. He was released. On Sun­day, Bryan Police arrested 25 year old Andrew J. Lautzen­heiser of Hamil­ton, Indi­ana for Crim­i­nal Dam­ag­ing. He too was released. Also on Sun­day, Bryan Police say 36 …

A new agri­cul­tural museum is planned in Michi­gan that, when fin­ished, would include a col­lec­tion of 6,000 farm toys as well as dis­plays on the his­tory of agri­cul­ture and agri­cul­ture tech­nol­ogy. The Daily Telegram of Adrian reports the 30,000-square-foot museum would be built in Bliss­field. The museum is designed as …

The Defi­ance County Sher­iff is warn­ing home­own­ers of another scam mak­ing the rounds. Here’s how it works… Some­body is using an app to manip­u­late Caller ID to make it appear that the per­son on the phone is a Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Deputy. The Sher­iff says a scam­mer called one per­son …

A new report from the state says 18,000 chil­dren were reported miss­ing in Ohio last year. The report says all but a hand­ful were found safely and those who remain miss­ing are sus­pected run­aways. The 2013 Ohio Miss­ing Chil­dren Clear­ing­house Report from the state attor­ney general’s office says 450 adults …

The Ohio State High­way Patrol is remind­ing dri­vers this Memo­r­ial Day to not get behind the wheel impaired. Troop­ers and local law enforce­ment will be join­ing forces in an effort to keep Ohio roads fatal­ity free this hol­i­day. Troop­ers made 705 OVI arrests dur­ing the 2013 Memo­r­ial Day hol­i­day. Dur­ing …

The price of gaso­line this Memo­r­ial Day is about where it has been for the past two or three Memo­r­ial Days. Nation­ally, the aver­age is right around $3.64 per gal­lon. In Bryan, we’re pay­ing on aver­age, a lit­tle more than that this Memo­r­ial Day, with prices at the pump at …

The Mov­ing Wall-Vietnam Vet­er­ans Memo­r­ial is headed to Defi­ance. The wall will be escorted into town on the morn­ing of June 12th by a pro­ces­sion of motor­cy­cles. Right now, plans call for a large U.S. flag to be draped across the street just north of the cour­t­house between aer­ial trucks …

Memo­r­ial Day is a time to remind our­selves of the mean­ing of sac­ri­fice. Across the nation, cit­i­zens were mark­ing Memo­r­ial Day with somber cer­e­monies, flag plant­i­ngs at ceme­ter­ies, parades and even bar­be­cues. Pres­i­dent Obama arrived in Afghanistan to speak with troops and visit sol­diers being treated at a base hos­pi­tal. …