Willard News

A man suspected of abducting a 63-year-old woman and taking her to Florida planned to go on the run, police reported.

Ruth Postema, 95 Nov. 15 Celeryville resident Ruth Postema celebrates her 95th birthday today.

WILLARD: Norman Lee Smith, age 84, resident of Willard, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2009 at the MedCentral Hospital in Mansfield, Ohio.

SHELBY -- Kristy Pennybaker of Willard, a student in the welding technology program of Pioneer Career and Technology Center, has been chosen the adult education program's student of the month.

Police are seeking a man suspected of abducting a 63-year-old city woman and taking her to Florida.

MANSFIELD: Kathleen M. Simmering, age 74, resident of Mansfield, died Sunday, November 8, 2009 in MedCentral Mansfield Hospital.

WILLARD, Ohio - Clouds hang low in the light blue sky as workers dressed in flannel shirts, faded jeans and dusty baseball caps file out of a white school bus into an enormous field full of green pepper plants.

Clear Fork posted a "W" in its final regular season game on Friday night, bumping off West Holmes 38-7, while Ashland notched a huge road win over Lexington - 31-28 with a field goal in the final 3.4 seconds.

A technician at a Tiffin imaging center caught driving with a stash of X-rays, mammograms, videos and pictures of women and children used the images for sexual gratification, police believe.

RIPLEY TOWNSHIP -- The Ohio Highway Patrol is investigating an accident that killed Dustin York, 20, of 142 U.S. 224, Willard, late Thursday.

Long service WILLARD -- Clifford Bruner of Shelby will celebrate 30 years of service at RR Donnelley on Oct.

A military official says charges have been dropped against one of four U.S. soldiers who were accused of mistreating others in their platoon.

TOLEDO -- Charges have been dropped against one of four U.S. soldiers accused of mistreating others in their platoon in Iraq following an investigation into the suicide of an Ohio serviceman, the military said Friday.

WILLARD: Murray began his career in the Willard-Attica area in 1947 when he and his wife Betty Squires moved to Southern Huron County and began farming.

SHELBY -- Four 2008 state qualifiers lead the parade of girls who have advanced to Saturday's quarterfinals of the Division II sectional tennis tournament.

WILLARD, Ohio In an Oct. 8 story about a soldier who killed himself in Iraq, The Associated Press misidentified a man whose son was one of Wilhelm's closest friends.

Suann R. Boss, 43, Vandalia, arrested by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office for domestic violence, no bond.

PLYMOUTH -- Military prosecutors have declined to pursue murder charges in the case of a Plymouth soldier's August suicide in Iraq.

MONROEVILLE -- A burglary suspect was nabbed outside a Monroeville home Saturday night during what authorities believe was a jewelry heist gone awry.

NORWALK -- Shelby was the team champion during a Northern Ohio League quad-meet against Norwalk , Bellevue and Willard .