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An investigation is underway after more than 30 people are taken to the hospital, following an incident at the Allen County Jail in downtown Fort Wayne. In all, 32 confinement officers and one jail nurse were taken in for treatment. Officers went to D-Block of the jail on the suspicion …

An 11-year-old Topeka boy is struck and killed by a vehicle as he walked with a small wagon along a LaGrange County roadway. Police and medics were called to C.R. 400 South just west of C.R. 700 West. Investigators say 63-year-old Eva Kurtz of Middlebury was headed eastbound on 400 …

Bryan High School senior, Jordan Drinnon will perform as a soprano vocalist in February with the 2018 High School Honors Choir at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Tickets can be purchased 60 days prior to the performance through the Carnegie Hall Box Office.

An Ohio Supreme Court justice and Democratic gubernatorial candidate has issued another apology on Facebook after a post Friday, outlining his sexual history with women drew widespread condemnation. William O’Neill’s latest post Sunday morning says he admits he was wrong and that he was headed to church to “get right …

Attorneys are ready to resume their defense of an Ohio homeowner and his nephew, charged in a 2015 house arson that resulted in a firefighter’s death. Prosecutors say Lester Parker solicited nephew, William Tucker to set the blaze that led to the death of Hamilton firefighter, Patrick Wolterman, in an …

Two people are arrested after an investigation by Steuben County officers. Search warrants were served at a home in the 200 block of N. Darling St. in Angola. 50 grams of crystal meth, marijuana, two handguns, a rifle, and a shotgun were seized. Mark Boyer, 38, of Angola was arrested …

A Kendallville man fell from a tree while hunting. 66-year-old Alan Fordeck was sitting in a homemade tree stand near County Road 9663. He fell 12 feet to the ground while trying to shoot a deer. Fordeck was carrying a cellphone and was able to call for help. He was …

A Defiance man is given a mandatory prison term in Defiance County on cocaine charges. Joshue Killion pled guilty to trafficking cocaine and was given an eight-year prison term. He also was ordered to make $2,180 in restitution. A charge of heroin trafficking was dismissed. Killion and a co-defendant sold …

Details of the planned College Place reconstruction project were shared during an open house at Defiance College’s Serrick Center this week. Consultants displayed maps and pictures of the proposed work in the Center’s Hubbard Room. The estimated cost is $1.2 million. The project includes pavement and curb removal, as well …

An Ohio sheriff’s deputy shoots himself in the foot while fending off an attacking dog during a drug raid in Marion…this as a police task force searches a suspected drug house. Deputy, Mike Wheeler fired two shots as he was attacked by a pair of dogs. One of the shots …