News Staff The Indiana State Board of Education approves Trine University’s Special Education Transition to Teaching program at its business meeting. Like Trine’s other programs, it will allow qualified candidates to earn teacher certification over a 10-month period. Candidates must be teaching in a special education classroom with an alternative teaching license. Trine University launched its Transition … Read more
The state panel that will decide how Ohio distributes more than half of the money it will receive from a nationwide settlement regarding the opioid addiction crisis must make its records publicly available, the state Supreme Court ruled. In their unanimous ruling, the justices rejected the OneOhio Recovery Foundation’s claim that it was a private … Read more
Ohio voters will get the chance to decide whether to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments just ahead of a possible November vote on an amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state. A resolution asking voters in an August election to raise the threshold for future amendments from a simple majority to … Read more
The Northwest Ohio woman who struck two Angola teenage boys walking along a road near Lake James last fall, killing one of them…pleads guilty in a Steuben County courtroom. Hope Richmond, of Montpelier, Ohio, plead to three charges, which included…leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and more. Prosecutors say…Richmond struck and killed … Read more
In Auburn…four people are arrested on felony drug possession charges after they led officers on a chase that ended with a crash in a ditch. Officials say…a DeKalb County deputy tried to pull over a car doing 81 mph in a 50 mph on Auburn Drive. The officer reportedly saw what he believed to be … Read more
An Angola man is in the hospital after being ejected from his motorcycle in a solo crash near Garrett. Officials tell reporters…22-year-old, Justyn Morrison was southbound on County Road 7 near County Road 54 at a high rate of speed when Morrison tried to slow down. They say…that’s when the front wheel came up, causing … Read more
The Pioneer Village Council votes to approve an engineering project on one block of Dearborn Street. That part of the plan costs $8,500 dollars and is part of a larger project that will involve Cedar and State streets. Pioneer Mayor Ed Kidston recommended Denny Bell of Bell Engineering for the job. Kidston says…he wants to … Read more
Voters in the Millcreek West Unity school district may be asked to approve making a current levy up for renewal in November into a continuing one. Superintendent Jim Wyse presented the levy proposal to the school board. He added the levy was first approved as an emergency levy in March 2004 to provide needed operating … Read more
The Montpelier electric department earns a national award for reliability, and intends to do even better in the future. Village Manager Jason Rockey says they earned the RP3 Award from the American Public Power Association. The program is based on industry-recognized practices in the disciplines of reliability, safety, workforce development and system improvement. An RP3 … Read more
Members of the Port Authority meets with Williams County commissioners for a quarterly update. Bill Martin, president of Spangler Candy and a Port Authority member, presented the commissioners with data…showing new housing units in counties throughout northwest Ohio, as well as those in neighboring Indiana. In the period from April 1, 2020, to July 1, … Read more