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The project to remove the asbestos inside the county courthouse is set to begin March 6. Officials say…asbestos has been confirmed within the walls and ceilings of the courthouse’s fourth floor, where commissioners had held their weekly meetings, and where state auditors, county appraisers and the county Maintenance Manager had …

Today…in DeKalb County…the Indiana Department of Transportation will be closing a section of state Route 1… starting on or after Feb. 27. The portion of state Route 1, between County Road 63 and County Road 64, which runs through St. Joe, will be closed for a pavement replacement and stormwater …

The FBI wants the public’s help…identifying and locating a man, who robbed a Delta bank late last week. Officials say…the suspect entered the State Bank on Main St…and showed a weapon as he approached the teller. The thief gets an undisclosed amount of cash and leaves the bank headed south …

A portion of the Ohio Turnpike will be temporarily closed within Fulton and Lucas Counties starting Wednesday night for emergency repairs, that’s according to the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission. The eastbound lanes…between milepost 39 in Fulton County and milepost 52 in Lucas County will be closed from 11 p.m. …

Officials at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio in Williams County in Stryker have confirmed that an inmate has tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease…a serious type of pneumonia, caused by Legionella bacteria. People can get sick when they breathe in small droplets of water, or accidentally swallow water that contains …

A Fulton County grand jury returns an indictment for Tami Gerity, 57, of Delta…charged with attempted murder…aggravated arson, drugs and fraud, as well. Prosecutors say…she attempted to cause the death of another person on Feb. 14, 2021 while also causing a fire at an occupied residence on Fulton County Road …

Trine University continues to set enrollment records, with its recently completed official spring enrollment report of students topping 9,000 for the first time in university history. Trine has 9,520 students enrolled in all programs for the spring 2023 semester. The latest numbers are a nearly 70% increase from a year …

Adam Hinrichs is facing a preliminary arson charge…in connection with a fire Monday that at least partially destroyed the Midwest Motel along Indiana 930, in New Haven…now held in Allen County Jail on $10,000 bond. New Haven and Fort Wayne firefighters were called to the motel, which is near Bell’s …

Residents of the Ohio village, upended by a freight train derailment, packed a school gym to seek answers about whether they were safe from toxic chemicals that spilled or were burned off. Hundreds of worried people gathered in East Palestine, near the Pennsylvania state line, to hear state officials insist …

Fledgling Ohio House Speaker, Jason Stephens laid out an unflinchingly conservative list of Republican priority bills for the new legislative session, appearing to sideline some bipartisan hopes of Democrats…who supported his surprise election after weeks of intraparty pressure. Trying to signal unity at a Statehouse news conference by appearing with …