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A vehicle runs in to an area business. The Artisan Floral and Gift Boutique on N. Union St., is the scene of an accident, damaging the Bryan business but causing no injuries. The driver had to be assisted out of her vehicle but is okay. They say she hit the …

Officers, with search warrant in hand…bring in a Defiance man. They raid the N. Clinton St. address of Jack Temple. There, they find over an ounce of suspected crystal meth…two pounds of synthetic marijuana and more. Temple faces weapons and drug charges.

One man goes to the hospital after a cat starts a house fire in Angola on West Mill St. Officials say the feline knocked over a lit candle. When crews got there, heavy fire and smoke was coming from the home. The victim suffered smoke inhalation. Firefighters rescued a dog …

A Huntington man is charged after his girlfriend’s two-month-old son suffers injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome. The baby’s mother told police Braxton Gray was watching the baby while she was at work. When she arrived home, she says Gray began telling her the baby was having trouble breathing and …

State legislators approve raising the state’s gas tax. The two-year transportation bill goes to Gov. DeWine’s office for signature, and if he moves forward, the bill will become effective on July 1. DeWine had asked for an 18-cent increase, to offset a budget deficit at the Ohio Department of Transportation. …

One person is dead after a crash in Steuben County on State Road 127 near County Road 500 North. A car driven by 68-year-old Sandra Keck was southbound when it went off the road. Keck overcorrected back onto the roadway, going into the other lane of traffic…hitting a pickup, head-on. …

A driver is hurt in a two car crash on Highway 24 and Henry County Road 17. Officials say a westbound van driven by Corey Leasor of Grand Rapids, failed to stop in time for a slowing westbound semi driven by Ronald Meyer of Napoleon. Leasor was taken by Napoleon …

BMU earns a major award…the American Public Power Association’s Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices in 2018. More than 325 utilities entered the annual Safety Awards. BMU recorded tens of thousands of work hours by staff and crews…injury free.

Paulding officials want to set up a meeting to discuss making the roads around the courthouse there one-way only. Councilman, Randy Daeger says he wanted to set up a street committee to talk about the traffic flow around courthouse square. The meeting would be scheduled when ODOT officials are available.

The body of a 29-year-old Ohio soldier, killed in combat in Afghanistan, will be returned to his hometown. A military plane carrying Army Spc. Joseph Collette’s body will arrive at the Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus. From there, a memorial motorcade will proceed to his hometown of Lancaster. …