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Five rail cars derail on a bridge that crosses over South Anthony Boulevard, just southeast of downtown Fort Wayne. A crew was backing the 7,559 foot long train with 121 rail cars out of a small switching yard before it departed for Pennsylvania, when the derailment took place. Four of …

Northwest State Community College is awarded a $15,000 AT&T Aspire contribution. It will provide financial assistance to five adult students, over 25, who have completed at least 12 credit hours apiece at NSCC. State Representative, Rob McColley was instrumental in helping to secure the funding.

All members of the Ohio Senate will be required to attend sexual harassment training in the wake of Sen. Cliff Hite’s resignation for inappropriate behavior towards a woman. Senators from both parties, and their staffs, will be required to receive the training, which is still being arranged. Hite, 63, of …

Congressman, Bob Latta of Bowling Green, hosted a forum panel discussion at Defiance College on the opioid and heroin epidemic in Ohio. A 2016 report has Ohio leading in opioid overdose deaths. Latta is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over health care and …

Fremont fire crews are dispatched to a blaze at a North 925 East residence. The home occupant was able to escape the fire. No injuries were reported. The house is a total loss. The attached garage had minor smoke and water damage throughout. A neighboring house had minor exterior damage, …

Jonathan Roberts, a senior at Bryan High, recently earned the honorable distinction of being a National Scholarship Competition Commended Student, putting him squarely in that category after acing the PSAT in his junior year. Also a straight A student, a member of Bryan’s swim team and a thespian who will …

The Henry County Hospital Wound Healing Center is now open. The Center offers patients access to the latest outpatient clinical wound care, using a variety of treatments, therapies and support services. Millions of Americans with diabetes or circulatory problems develop non-healing wounds that limit their activity. These problems usually respond …

Auburn Police respond to a domestic on South McClellan Street. Angela Williams told officers she had been battered by Dale Craig, age 28 of Auburn. Williams told authorities that he had then taken her 2-year-old son. Williams told police Craig had no paternal rights to the child and she felt …

Former State Sen. Cliff Hite, who resigned abruptly on Monday, apologizes in a Twitter post for what he calls “inappropriate conversations and physical contact with a state worker.” Hite, 63, from Findlay, cited personal and family health issues for his resignation in a one-paragraph statement. Hite said the state worker …

Dominique Effinger of Fort Wayne will face trial for a summer boating incident. Prosecutors say the boat she was driving spun out of control and circled in the water unmanned at 30 miles per hour before it was eventually slowed and corralled by a conservation officer. Effinger lost control of …