News Briefs Fire destroys Mount Blanchard home
MOUNT BLANCHARD -- A rural Mount Blanchard home was destroyed by fire Friday.
The blaze struck a single-family residence on Delaware Township 149 at about 7 a.m., said Phyllis Davis with the Hancock County Red Cross Disaster Action Team.
Firefighters said the fire may have been caused by an electrical problem in the older house, Davis said.
No one was injured and the family is staying with friends, she said. The Red Cross provided food and clothing to the family, she said.
Additional details about the fire were not available Friday night.
Motorist cited after hitting train
MORTIMER -- A Van Buren woman drove a pickup truck into a stopped train and was cited for operating a vehicle while intoxicated early Friday, authorities say.
Autumn Miller, 31, of Van Buren, was driving north on Hancock County 220, near Hancock 216 in Allen Township, at 1:46 a.m. when she failed to yield to a stopped train on the tracks, according to Hancock County Sheriff's Deputy Mike DeVore.
Miller's 1997 Dodge Dakota pickup hit a lowered, lit crossbar and a stationary coal car, according to DeVore.
Employees of Norfolk Southern Railroad were unaware the train car was damaged until a later stop, according to DeVore.
Miller declined medical treatment, according to DeVore.
She was cited for failing to maintain an assured clear distance ahead, and was taken into custody for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, according to DeVore.
The pickup was towed by Dick's Towing.
Photo exhibition to open Sunday
BLUFFTON -- An exhibition of black and white photography, titled "Gray Space: Windows from the Ordinary into the Extraordinary," will open Sunday in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University's Sauder Visual Arts Center.
Photography by international and American artists will be included in the exhibit, which will continue through March 2.
The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
The work of Findlay native and visiting artist Craig Line, now a Vermont resident, will be part of the exhibit. He has worked for "Vermont Magazine" and will present a talk at 6 p.m. Feb. 14 in the arts center's Hester Lecture Hall.
Another Findlay native, Roger Sugden, now a resident of Fort Wayne, as well as Findlay artists Spencer Cunningham and Danny Gantchev will also have work included in the exhibition.
Absentee ballots available in Tiffin
TIFFIN -- Absentee ballots for the March 6 primary are available at the Seneca County Board of Elections, 71 S. Washington St., Tiffin. Absentee voting can be done at the board of elections offices, too.
Ballots can be mailed if an application, signed by the voter, is sent to the office. Applications by mail must be returned by noon March 3. To request an application, call the office at 419-447-4424.
Clarification
Also traveling to Japan today to advance economic development are John Haywood, president and CEO of the Findlay-Hancock County Alliance; Tim Mayle, assistant director, Findlay-Hancock County Economic Development; Dennis Hellmann, director of external affairs for AT&T; and Paul Zito, vice president of international development for JobsOhio. A story about the trade mission appeared Friday.
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