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Starting with this year’s incoming freshmen, the grading scale at Central Local Schools will be a different. The scale will remain the same for this year’s sophomores, juniors and seniors. They are going from a four point scale to a 12 point idea. Officials think its more fair to students.

It was a tense scene in Pioneer during the Village Council meeting there. As expected, the council was in discussion over the proposed plan to sell water from an area aquifer to other communities. Pioneer Mayor, Ed Kidston, who also owns Artesian of Pioneer wants to drill into the aquifer …

An Archbold woman goes to jail for a week and gets one year community control on drug charges from 2017 in a Fulton County courtroom. Amanda Cardwell will also have to pay a 250 dollar fine, participate in a drug recovery program and generally stay out of trouble. She must …

Henry County deputies want two men, shown on security video inside a Liberty Center business, after they broke in. They then burglarized a Ridgeville Township storefront later. Investigators ask if you know anything about this to give the Henry County Sheriff’s Office a call.

Indiana Attorney General, Curtis Hill may have violated a state ethics law, prohibiting officeholders from using their names in audio, video or newspaper ads paid for with state funds. A new television ad, promoting Hill’s unclaimed property division includes text reading, “Office of Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill.” State officeholders …

One is hurt in a solo crash in Fulton County. Officials tell reporters Brandon Bailey of Napoleon was spotted speeding on Shoop Avenue in Wauseon. Bailey was passing a semi. Officers then attempted to pull him over but Bailey speeds away. Officers, concerned over safety ended the pursuit. Moments later, …

An Antwerp man is indicted on two charges of aggravated vehicular homicide stemming from a multi-vehicle crash in June. Zachery Burns is accused of causing the death of father and son, David and Storm Levy. Burns also is accused of aggravated vehicular assault to two others involved in the crash.

Add the Steuben County Commissioners to the growing list that have officially passed resolutions declaring their opposition to Artesian of Pioneer’s intent to drill into an area aquifer and potentially sell as many as 14 million gallons a day of its water to up to nine communities. Steuben County joins …

Indiana drivers who were overcharged by the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles could soon find it easier to claim the last $3.3 million of a much larger class-action settlement. A bureaucratic snafu had prevented people from receiving their payments from the state attorney general’s unclaimed property division. Marion County Judge …

A bicyclist is in critical condition after a hit-and-run crash in Allen County. Police and medics responded to the accident in the 5300 block of Bull Rapids Road, just north of Woodburn near U.S. 24. They found the victim, a teenager, at the scene. He was taken to a hospital …