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Crews battle a fire in a New Haven trailer park. They were dispatched to the 200 block of Lincoln Highway. It takes about 15 minutes to get the blaze under control. No one was home at the time. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by both state and …

The Ohio Supreme Court issues a temporary stay…to stop collection of a fee from nearly every electric customer in the state, starting Jan. 1…to subsidize two nuclear power plants. This, in a provision included in a scandal-tainted bill approved by the state Legislature in July 2019. The order, signed by …

Indiana health officials report 2,494 new coronavirus infections and 43 additional deaths…as the administration of the vaccine begins for nearly 1,000 long-term care facilities across the state. The newly confirmed deaths, which occurred over several days, raises Indiana’s toll to 7,886…including both confirmed and presumed infections…that’s according to the Indiana …

Two more people succumb to COVID-19 in Williams County, over the weekend. Williams County Health Commissioner, Jim Watkins says the deaths…two males, ages 70 and 80…were both residents of long-term care facilities. It now brings the county’s total COVID-19 death toll to 44. This, as like around the rest of …

Dr. Damoder Kesireddy, a 72-year-old cardiologist with Parkview Physicians Group in Bryan, is the first in line to get the new Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Williams County. Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan also got 50 doses of the vaccine from the health department. Officials say more shots are …

Late Sunday night in DeKalb County…a driver suffers a broken back after a rollover crash on County Road 61. Investigators tell reporters the driver, Joshua Horvat, ran off the highway…then the vehicle rolls several times. Alcohol is believed to have played a role in the crash. Three others in the …

Construction has stopped for the season, on the second of a two-phase project to improve the Williams County Regional Airport. What is Phase II?…it’s the completion of the eastern two-thirds of a 35-foot-wide paved asphalt taxiway. When it’s finished, it will run parallel to the runway. Phase I, the western …

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 …