Indiana lawmakers could struggle to give more than minimal funding increases to public schools in the new state budget that will emerge from this year’s legislative session. Members of the General Assembly will return to the Statehouse in Indianapolis for a session expected to last until late April.

Goldie Turi, age 90, of Delta, Ohio, entered into eternal life Tuesday afternoon, January 1, 2019, in her home surrounded by her loving family. Services are pending at Grisier~Weigel Funeral Home in Delta.

The folks at the kettle say this was a good holiday season. The Salvation Army red kettle campaign in Williams County brought in more than $10,000 this year, officials say it’s triple the amount raised in 2017. From Black Friday, through Dec. 22, 232 local volunteers spent 79 hours outside …

It’s the start of this year’s legislative session…and hundreds of bills are already filed in the Indiana Statehouse. Republican state Sen. Jean Leising filed a bill that would bar public K-12 schools from starting the school year before the last Monday in August, starting in 2020. She tells reporters it’s …

An Indiana state senator is sponsoring a bill aimed at improving the safety of Indiana’s school buses following the recent deaths of four students. Sen. Randy Head says the bill’s provisions will include allowing school districts to petition for slower speed limits near bus stops. Three siblings were killed in …

A top Statehouse Republican will use a parliamentary maneuver to bottle up hate crimes legislation, dealing a potential setback to Gov. Eric Holcomb and others who want to remove Indiana from the list of just five states that don’t have such laws. Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray says he …

Rev. Julia Lark Ronngren, 52 years, of Wauseon, formerly of West Unity, passed away early on the morning of Thursday, December 27, 2018, in the emergency room of Henry County Hospital, Napoleon. Julia was born March 12, 1966 in Petoskey, Michigan, daughter of the late Herbert Ward and Mary Esther …

Ignacio Gutierrez, age 56, of Archbold, passed away unexpectedly at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo on Sunday, December 30, 2018. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon.

A barn and a horse are lost in a fire in rural Angola’s Metz Township. Crews were dispatched to an E 15 N location, with reports that a horse was still inside the structure. First units on the scene found a medium sized pole barn heavily involved. Units started defensive …

Two people are hurt after a gas line rupture in Poneto. Bluffton Police sent multiple fire departments to a S. Meridian Rd. address. Officials tell reporters the cause of the explosion was a ruptured LP line. The gas line was connected to a wall-mounted heater. The identities and conditions of …