As COVID-19 vaccination efforts ramp up across Ohio, the state Department of Transportation is providing extra funding to help local transit agencies and health departments…ensure all eligible can get to vaccination sites. The Rides for Community Immunity program will provide $7 million dollars…distributed across all 88 counties to help get …
Read More »FirstEnergy Case Shocker
A powerful Ohio lobbyist…who spent decades at the center of many of the state’s significant policy battles…is found dead in Florida…as he faced charges in a sweeping federal bribery investigation. Neil Clark, 67, was found by a bicyclist in an isolated area of Collier County, Florida, where he had been …
Read More »Road Work Approaches
On Monday, April 5th, ODOT is beginning a two and a half month closure on the section of US 20A, between US 20 and SR 15 in Williams County…for a resurfacing and bridge rehabilitation project. The detour will be US 20 to SR 15.
Read More »Census Battle Brews
A coalition of cities, counties and civil rights groups sued the U.S. Census Bureau last year…to stop it from ending the 2020 census early…out of fear a premature finish would undercount minority communities. Now, that coalition is attempting to block the state of Ohio from trying to force the statistical …
Read More »IN Zebra Mussel Warning
State wildlife officials are urging Indiana residents to destroy invasive zebra mussels that could be hiding in so-called moss balls sold for aquariums. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says aquarium owners should destroy any Marimo moss balls they have purchased this year from any aquarium or pet supply store …
Read More »Big Bucks, Coming To IN
Indiana officials have yet to detail any big plans for the influx of federal money coming from the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that Congress approved. Preliminary estimates show roughly $5.8 billion dollars will be directed toward Indiana. About $3 billion would go directly to state government, and $2.6 billion …
Read More »Scary Scene On 69
Dekalb County deputies respond to a report of a suicidal male with a gun in a van at the rest park on I-69, near the northbound 324 mile marker. Officials say the man told officers he would pull the trigger…if he saw any first responders in the area. Officers then …
Read More »Good News In Bryan
2020 marks the third straight year there were no fatal crashes in the city of Bryan. The last deadly wreck in town?…back in 2017. In their report…police investigated 217 total traffic accidents in 2020, including 18 recorded as injury accidents. That’s down from 275 in 2019. Bryan officers issued 504 …
Read More »The GOP Battles Governor Over Pandemic Abilities
A bill…restricting a governors’ abilities to issue public health orders during a pandemic is unconstitutional and a violation of the separation of powers. That’s according to Gov. DeWine, who plans to veto the latest legislation headed for his desk while holding out hope for a compromise. The GOP-controlled House approved …
Read More »Husted Gets A Shot
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted gets his COVID-19 vaccine at his old junior high school in Montpelier Thursday. He received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, live on camera…during his and Gov. DeWine’s semiweekly press conference. Husted wasn’t alone, either, getting his shot after Montpelier Mayor, Steve Yagelski…and Husted’s former babysitter, …
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