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Two state agencies have distributed nearly $1 million to Indiana’s 92 Soil and Water Conservation Districts to improve water quality. Each district received roughly $10,000 in matching funds to support their conservation efforts. Clean Water Indiana provides financial assistance to landowners and conservation groups that work to reduce water pollution. …

Indiana House Speaker, Brian Bosma is the latest powerful GOP leader who doesn’t want to change the state Republican Party’s platform that favors marriage between a man and a woman. The Republican Victory Committee, a group comprised of elected officials and party activists, announced Bosma opposes the wording change, which …

One person is killed in an accident in Findlay. It happened at Valfilm on North Main St. Police say 41-year-old Andrew Hohman was working in the parking lot of a loading dock when he was hit by a semitrailer that was backing in. Hohman was pushed up against the dock …

Crews investigate a gas leak in Fulton County. Officials told reporters the incident happened at a post office in Swanton. The building was searched after it was evacuated. No one was injured. No word on the status of the suspected leak. The building was given the all clear in an …

A traffic stop on the Indiana Toll Road nets a DUI arrest. Indiana troopers pulled over Franciso Cortes of Cleveland near the 117 mile marker, west of the Howe LaGrange exit. Further investigation nets 63 grams of cocaine, digital scales, and $564.00 in cash. Cortes faces drug charges as well.

A lawsuit between the city of Toledo and the county that cost hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars has come to a close. The Ohio Supreme Court denied an appeal to hear the City of Toledo v. CCNO and the Lucas County Commissioners on paying for prisoners. Because the appeal …

Officials are investigating a fatal car vs. train crash on North Union Street in Pulaski Township. They told reporters John Restainer of Bryan was northbound on County Road 15D. Witnesses told officers Restainer drove around several gates that were down at a railroad crossing. There, his van was hit by …

A LaGrange officer stops a vehicle for a traffic infraction at Central Avenue and Canal Street. His police dog smelled drugs in the car. A search nets meth and a handgun. Ventura Sanchez of LaGrange faces drug and weapons charges. He was booked into the County Jail, there.

A fugitive registered sex offender, wanted in Steuben County, is behind bars at this hour. Mitchell Hephner surrendered himself at the county jail without incident. Hephner was wanted since the beginning of April on an outstanding arrest warrant, charging him with 2 counts of felony failure to register as a …

The arraignment for an Oakwood man, charged with murder, is delayed again. Court officials learned William Miller has not been cleared from his medical treatment facility. His scheduled arraignment has now been pushed back to June 11. It is the fourth time the arraignment has been continued. Miller is accused …