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Police in LaGrange County break up a party and detain several juveniles at a CR 300 home in Wolcottville. Ten in all are arrested for underage drinking. Officials say two were hospitalized for a possible drug overdose. The investigation into the case continues.

Emily Mossing of Napoleon pleads guilty to vehicular homicide in a Defiance County court room. Prosecutors say on Jan. 20 she recklessly operated a motor vehicle on Buckskin Road, when she ran a stop sign, hitting William Moore’s car. He died after the crash. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 14.

Cameron Butler, charged with assault and more after a car chase with police in Defiance County last November, will have his day in court next week. They say Butler hit a Defiance police cruiser on Perry Street. He then left the scene, failed to stop when ordered by officers and …

Kevin Schafer is confirmed as the Bryan City Schools Board of Education chief financial officer. His starting date is set for Sept. 1. The district announced it was hiring Schafer in June. The school board voted him in, unanimously.

The Indiana Department of Correction confirms the state doesn’t have the necessary drugs to execute any of the eight men who are on death row. Indiana is one of 29 states that allows capital punishment. It’s been nearly a decade since the state’s last execution, and no new inmates have …

Proposed changes to Ohio’s water quality monitoring program would reduce the number of water samples taken from the state’s rivers and streams. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to fold the state’s 98 watersheds now surveyed into 37 larger “project areas.” The agency anticipates that reducing the number of …

Ohio State University is creating a new way to help farmers dealing with the stress and strain of keeping their farms running. It’s called the Rural and Farm Stress Task Force. The university says the task force will help connect farmers with specialists who can help them learn more about …

Gov., DeWine is dismissing a legislator’s proposal to use the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl to execute death row inmates, as the state struggles to find a drug combination to carry out lethal injections. The governor says fentanyl, which has led to thousands of fatal overdoses in Ohio, isn’t an option …

Voting rights activists say about 4,000 Ohio residents are at risk of being illegally removed from state voting rolls, a figure questioned by the state’s elections chief. In a letter to Secretary of State, Frank LaRose, representatives of the League of Women Voters Ohio, the NAACP and other groups requested …

William Roth of McClure, appeared by video in Napoleon Municipal Court on a charge of failure to comply with police, this after a four-county pursuit earlier this week we reported on. Roth now has court-appointed counsel. Bond was set at $100,000. Officials tell reporters a deputy tried to stop Roth, …