An Ohio judge, who failed to adopt written rules for mask wearing and other coronavirus prevention measures, has been removed from two cases by the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. Although judge, Mark Fleegle announced some preventative steps after a complaint, his lack of written procedures makes it …

Gov., DeWine’s veto of a bill, limiting the Health Department’s ability to fight the pandemic…will stand after Republican lawmakers wrapped up their two-year session without making good on a veto override threat. The bill that DeWine vetoed would have allowed the Ohio Legislature to adopt resolutions to rescind Health Department …

The Ohio Supreme Court has reinstated the 10-year prison sentence given to an Ohio couple…convicted of failing to obtain medical care for their special-needs daughter who died. In a 6-1 ruling, the justices found the 8th District Court of Appeals overstepped its authority in 2018 when it determined the sentence …

Joshua K. Lucas, age 39, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, as a result of a work accident. Josh was an overhead crane operator at Heidtman Steel in Butler, Indiana. He loved music, attending music festivals, traveling, and camping. Joshua Kevin Lucas was born on January …

Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers in the area. There were 154 new cases reported over Monday and Tuesday in Fulton County, for a total of 2,441. There were 3 additional hospitalizations, now at 130 since March. Lucas County had 21,605 cases and 475 deaths as of Tuesday. Defiance County?…2,491 …

We now know the victim of that workplace accident in DeKalb County. Officials confirm Josh Lucas, of Bryan died at the Heidtman Steel plant on County Road 59, near Butler. We reported Lucas was pinned, between two rolls of steel. Butler Police and firefighters responded with Indiana State Police. Lucas …

Williams County receives its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Health Department gets 100 doses of the Moderna version. The hospital plans to begin vaccinating phase one employees and providers with the most in-house COVID-19 exposure, such as COVID unit doctors and nurses.

Ohio lawmakers end the 2020 legislative session…without repealing or replacing a scandal-tainted bill that provides a $1 billion dollar bailout for two aging nuclear power plants. After more than four months of negotiations, it failed to reach a deal to fix House Bill 6, the 2019 legislation…under scrutiny since then-Ohio …

Phyllis J. “Jo” Overmyer, 92 years, of Hicksville, and a former resident of Sebring, Florida, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hicksville.  Jo was born August 28, 1928, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the daughter of the late Bernard and Letha (Rolland) Plum.  She attended Hicksville High …

Dwight E. Gilbert, Sr., 81 years, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away Monday, December 21, 2020, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Dwight was born April 27, 1939, in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, the son of the late Amos “Leo” and Ada Roxanne (Davis) Gilbert.  Dwight served in the Ohio National …