No injuries were sustained and no hazardous materials were released when a CSX freight train derailed near Fostoria’s Iron Triangle yesterday morning.  Eleven of the freighter’s more than 230 cars came off the tracks.  Matt Lehner, public affairs director with the Federal Railroad Administration, said an inspector for the organization was on scene Monday afternoon assessing the damage and reviewing the circumstances that led to the incident.  The cause of the derailment is under investigation.  Columbus Avenue is now open for traffic.
 

The Hancock County Commissioners have received submissions from eight engineering firms interested in overseeing the design and construction of the proposed Eagle Creek Diversion channel in Findlay.  The commissioners have not yet decided if the county will undertake the flood-control project on its own, or wait for the Army Corps of Engineers to complete its final report on Blanchard River flooding.

Fostoria City School officials have announced that the district has submitted an application for an Early Childhood Expansion grant. The $44,000 grant would allow an additional 11 slots in the district’s preschool program. The district currently has about 90 preschool students, but it has 65 more on a waiting list.  If the district receives the grant, the rooms at Longfellow School will be restructured over the summer to accommodate another classroom for the additional students.