News Staff Trine University continues to set enrollment records, with its recently completed official spring enrollment report of students topping 9,000 for the first time in university history. Trine has 9,520 students enrolled in all programs for the spring 2023 semester. The latest numbers are a nearly 70% increase from a year ago, when 5,493 students were … Read more
Adam Hinrichs is facing a preliminary arson charge…in connection with a fire Monday that at least partially destroyed the Midwest Motel along Indiana 930, in New Haven…now held in Allen County Jail on $10,000 bond. New Haven and Fort Wayne firefighters were called to the motel, which is near Bell’s Skating Rink. Further details about … Read more
Residents of the Ohio village, upended by a freight train derailment, packed a school gym to seek answers about whether they were safe from toxic chemicals that spilled or were burned off. Hundreds of worried people gathered in East Palestine, near the Pennsylvania state line, to hear state officials insist yet again that testing shows … Read more
Fledgling Ohio House Speaker, Jason Stephens laid out an unflinchingly conservative list of Republican priority bills for the new legislative session, appearing to sideline some bipartisan hopes of Democrats…who supported his surprise election after weeks of intraparty pressure. Trying to signal unity at a Statehouse news conference by appearing with a large group of fellow … Read more
A Paulding County grand jury here has returned an indictments against Eathen Reed, 18, of Bluff City. He is accused of failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, a third-degree felony…and receiving stolen property, a fifth-degree felony. Officials tell reporters…Reed led Ohio Highway Patrol troopers on a high-speed pursuit on … Read more
The FBI Northwest Ohio Safe Streets Task Force, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and others are investigating a bank robbery on Saturday. Officials say…an unidentified man walked into the Union Bank, on E. North St., and approached a bank teller with a black handgun…demanding money. The suspect is described as a white male…6 feet tall…stocky … Read more
The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 51 year old Donald Squires…charged with 2 counts of OWI causing Death and more. The arrest warrant comes after several months of investigation into a motor vehicle crash that occurred back in August of 2022 on State Road 120 near County Road … Read more
The Williams County Commissioners will participate in the National Opioid Settlement with pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart and opioid manufacturers Teva and Allergan. They approved a resolution to receive and complete the opioid settlement participation forms, a requirement to be party to the national settlement. The forms will be on file with the commissioners. … Read more
Last year was a quiet year at Bryan’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, that’s according to a report to the Bryan Council. Officials say…the plant had a total flow of 578 million gallons, down slightly from 2021. Throughout the year, the plant dewatered and thermally dried 1.6 million gallons of digested Class B solids. That was a … Read more
Despite ongoing delays, the company behind the 49MW Montpelier Solar project hopes to complete construction by the end of the year, and be online in late 2024. Apex is the project developer that procures, builds, operates and maintains the system, known as Montpelier Solar. It’s set for about 450 acres in Jefferson Township in an … Read more