Eugenia Witte, 96 years, of Bryan, passed away Wednesday evening, April 9, 2014 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance.  Eugenia was born September 18, 1917 in Mark Center, the daughter of the late Haze and Mary Ann (Wheaton) Wheeler.  Eugenia was a 1935 graduate of Mark Center High School.  She married Howard …

Chester John Prymicz, age 87, a lifelong resident of Toledo, passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Genesis Healthcare in Bryan, Ohio. Mr. Prymicz was a mule driver at Doehler-Jarvis for nearly 40 years. He was a World War II veteran serving in the U.S. Army. He was a member …

Bryan Police picked up 22 year old Bri­tani M. Smith of E. High St in Bryan on a bench war­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court for fail­ing to appear for pre­trial on an OVI and Pos­ses­sion of Mar­i­juana charge. She’s vir­tu­ally guar­an­teed to appear at her next appoint­ment with the …

The gov­er­nor offi­cially kicked off what is being billed as the most ambi­tious plan ever for the state’s road con­struc­tion sea­son Wednes­day after­noon. The governor’s Jobs and Trans­portaion Plan will use $2.5 bil­lion from Ohio Turn­pike bond rev­enue to fund major con­struc­tion projects all over the state. Locally, Williams County …

Some res­i­dents of Defi­ance and Henry Coun­ties are upset over trains block­ing cross­ings along the CSX rail line which passes through Hicksville, Sher­wood Hol­gate, Ham­ler and Desh­ler. The Cres­cent News reports that those affected say the block­ings have resulted in many peo­ple hav­ing to travel miles out of their way …

A cash reward is now being offered to help gen­er­ate new leads in an armed rob­bery with a unique look­ing sus­pect that hap­pened March 28th. It hap­pened at the Wal­greens Phar­macy in Adrian. A sur­veil­lance image shows the lone sus­pect walk­ing directly to the phar­macy counter. He then claimed to …

Betty J. Mills, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 12:32 P.M. on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, where she had been a resident. She had worked at the former Red & White Grocery in Bryan. Betty was a homemaker and a member of …

Josepha Maria (Mitzi) Kuebeck, 92, a resident of Bowling Green, Ohio, and formerly of Wauseon, Ohio, passed away Monday at Claire Bridge Sterling House, Bowling Green. Prior to her death, she was employed with the McCord Corporation in Wauseon. She was an avid hobbyist, enjoying cooking, gardening, knitting and crocheting. …

Michael A. McVey, age 51, of Toledo and formerly of Delta, passed away Monday, April 7, 2014 at St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, after a brief illness. He was a Residential Specialist with Triad Residential Home Systems in Maumee. Michael was born in Aurora, Illinois on May 16, 1962, …

Lewis C. Reifel, 88, of Pioneer passed away early Tuesday morning at the Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan.  He was born on September 25, 1925 in Pioneer to Charles Marion and Mary Virginia (Laser) Reifel.  Lewis graduated from Pioneer High School in 1943.  He went on to serve his country in …