Defiance County News

This Memorial Day weekend a Northwest Ohio soldier who was injured in Afghanistan gets a big surprise from his small town.

It's a place where a lot of people go to try their luck hoping to cash in. It's not a casino, but Internet cafes.

"From this day I always wonder what happened to him where is he does he remember me?" said The boys mother Kelly Thomas It's hard for Jamel Williams mother to talk about her son.

She was born on August 12, 1921, to Claude and Blanche Estelle Partee in Defiance County, Ohio.

Edgerton, OH --- The Defiance County Area Horsemen's Association will sponsor a matinee on Saturday at the Defiance County Fairgrounds in Hicksville, Ohio.

Dozens of police officers from northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan were remembered at an annual memorial service this afternoon at the downtown Toledo Police Memorial Garden.

One Year Ago a The annual Area I Envirothon was held recently in Defiance County.

Defiance has certainly become a name well-known on the major league baseball diamonds.

Corey Walker, director of Paulding County Job and Family Services will now be sharing his time with Defiance County's JFS.

He was born on April 20, 1920, to Leon L. and Helen Keys at Jackson, Mich. On November 9, 1940, he married Vera Smith, who preceded him on September 29, 2006.

Born April 9, 1915, in Defiance County, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Kinstle.