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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 …

Police in Defiance arrest two people after a traffic stop turns up $11,000 worth of methamphetamine and heroin. A state trooper pulled the vehicle over on S.R. 15, near U.S. 24. During the stop, a police dog alerted to possible drugs in the vehicle. Inside, police find 93 grams of …

The area gets a boost in the opioid addiction fight. Sen. Rob Portman announces the The Four County Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services got $285,000 through the 21st Century Cures Act. Williams, Fulton, Defiance and Henry counties get the funds for improving prescription drug monitoring programs, …

A federal judge denies Indiana Attorney General, Curtis Hill’s motion, challenging a consent decree to add early voting sites in Marion County. Judge, Sarah Evans Barker ruled the consent decree was entered into by all of the parties in a lawsuit that resulted in the agreement, including the Marion County …

An Indiana man goes to prison for five years in a Defiance County courtroom. Prosecutors say Jason Wallace helped steal goods from a retail outlet in Defiance and then was charged with evading officers, as well. Wallace will also make $893.98 restitution to the Kohl’s store on North Clinton Street. …

A driver is trapped after a semi crash on the Ohio Turnpike. Investigators tell reporters the accident happened near the Swanton exit. Witnesses tell officers the truck hit a guardrail and rolled over…spilling frozen food from its trailer. Crews cut the driver out of the damaged big rig. No word …

City officials say Bryan City Schools is set to auction off a piece of property in September. It’s just over a quarter acre of land, directly across from the stone Garver Park sign, between two homes on South Portland Street. The small plot of land will be up for grabs, …

Indiana’s top election official criticizes Attorney General, Curtis Hill for trying to stop plans to add more early voting sites in Marion County. Secretary of State, Connie Lawson says reckless action by her fellow Republican disrupted months of bipartisan planning. Neighboring counties have multiple early voting sites, but Indianapolis only …

Dozens of police officers escort the son of a slain central Indiana police officer to his first day of first grade. Southport Police Lt., Aaron Allan was fatally shot July 27, 2017, hours after he walked his son to a bus stop for his first day of kindergarten. Police from …