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A ban on transgender student-athletes playing on girls and women’s sports teams in Ohio…clears a House education panel along partisan lines…the latest attempt at such a measure first introduced by Republican lawmakers in 2021. The proposal would require K-12 schools as well as universities to designate “separate teams” for male …

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a crash that sent a motorcyclist to the hospital. Officials tell reporters…the rider was eastbound in the 1500 block of County Road 56. 35-year-old, Eric Huff tried to slow down, but apparently the brakes locked…causing the motorcycle to turn and skid backwards hitting …

The YMCA of Steuben County announces Tammy Bowen is their new chief operating officer. Bowen joined them in 2020 as the Membership Director where she has been instrumental in facilitating operational changes, staff development, and membership growth. Prior to coming to the YMCA, Bowen earned her bachelor’s degree in finance …

The Indiana State Board of Education approves Trine University’s Special Education Transition to Teaching program at its business meeting. Like Trine’s other programs, it will allow qualified candidates to earn teacher certification over a 10-month period. Candidates must be teaching in a special education classroom with an alternative teaching license. …

The state panel that will decide how Ohio distributes more than half of the money it will receive from a nationwide settlement regarding the opioid addiction crisis must make its records publicly available, the state Supreme Court ruled. In their unanimous ruling, the justices rejected the OneOhio Recovery Foundation’s claim …

Ohio voters will get the chance to decide whether to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments just ahead of a possible November vote on an amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state. A resolution asking voters in an August election to raise the threshold for future amendments …

The Northwest Ohio woman who struck two Angola teenage boys walking along a road near Lake James last fall, killing one of them…pleads guilty in a Steuben County courtroom. Hope Richmond, of Montpelier, Ohio, plead to three charges, which included…leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and more. …

In Auburn…four people are arrested on felony drug possession charges after they led officers on a chase that ended with a crash in a ditch. Officials say…a DeKalb County deputy tried to pull over a car doing 81 mph in a 50 mph on Auburn Drive. The officer reportedly saw …

An Angola man is in the hospital after being ejected from his motorcycle in a solo crash near Garrett. Officials tell reporters…22-year-old, Justyn Morrison was southbound on County Road 7 near County Road 54 at a high rate of speed when Morrison tried to slow down. They say…that’s when the …

The Pioneer Village Council votes to approve an engineering project on one block of Dearborn Street. That part of the plan costs $8,500 dollars and is part of a larger project that will involve Cedar and State streets. Pioneer Mayor Ed Kidston recommended Denny Bell of Bell Engineering for the …