CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – News 12 is recognizing some of the bravest members of our community through the First Responders Hero Award. Whether someone is an EMT, paramedic, firefighter, or police ...

Mark E. Bender, 91, of Tower City, passed away peacefully, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Born Nov. 30, 1929, in Williams Township, a son of the late Leon and Eva Houtz Bender. Mark was a Navy veteran of the ...

Growing up in small towns across Ohio, a career spent delving into East Asian studies was far from a young Mark Bender’s goals. When he started his undergraduate degree at Ohio State in the ‘70s, ...