Lt. Governor, Jon Husted announces the Ford Motor Company is donating two million medical-grade face masks to the state of Ohio for healthcare providers, first responders, underserved populations, and senior living communities. The donation is part of the Ford Fund’s commitment of 100 million medical-grade face masks, through 2021.
Read More »GOP Makes E Ballot Arguments
Ohio’s top election official acted reasonably when he barred counties from accepting absentee ballot applications electronically…in the face of potential cyberthreats and a loosely worded law, lawyers for the state and Republicans argued in a court filing Wednesday. Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s directive was also consistent with more than …
Read More »Yost Wants To Block Nuke Money
Ohio’s attorney general files a lawsuit…in an attempt to block the state’s nuclear plants from collecting fees on electricity bills…authorized in a new law at the center of a $60 million federal bribery probe, involving the former speaker of the Ohio House. Attorney General, Dave Yost wants the court to …
Read More »OSU To Answer For Sex Case
Ohio State University violated state public records law by intentionally withholding old documents…alleging decades-old sexual misconduct by a school doctor…that’s according to a recently concluded look into the matter. In 2018, alumnus Steve Snyder-Hill requested records related to his having complained about being abused by Dr. Richard Strauss in the …
Read More »A Fatality In Area Accident
A teenager…hurt in a crash with a dump truck outside New Haven on Friday, has died. The crash happened at the intersection of Dawkins and Ryan roads, just east of town. The passenger in the car…19-year-old Chloe Pratt…was pulled from the vehicle and taken to an area hospital in critical …
Read More »Money For The Rails
Pioneer Railcorp gets 4.1 million dollars to invest in some infrastructure projects for the Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railway Co. Senators, Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown announce the award…as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 2020 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grant round. The award will fund 50% …
Read More »POTUS In Town
In Swanton…President, Trump is interrupted twice during a rally by sign-waving supporters chanting, “Fill that seat!” He told the crowd that is what he is going to do…as he launched into an extended riff on his plans to quickly nominate a successor to Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg….adding…it’s the …
Read More »Bomb Threat In Bryan
A scary scene in Bryan. The Walmart, on S. Main St., is evacuated for a time after an employee finds a suspicious looking package in one of their produce shipments. Local first responders, as well as the bomb squad in Toledo are called in. After a bomb dog checks it …
Read More »A New Employer In Town
ALG Health announces it is opening a new respirator mask making facility in Bryan that eventually could bring as many as 400 new jobs to Williams County. The company is moving into a W. Mulberry St., location. It’s the 400,000-square-foot industrial building, formerly occupied by Gendron Inc., a medical equipment …
Read More »Drop Box Fight In Columbus
Ohio and Republican groups, including the Trump campaign are fighting to uphold a GOP election chief’s directive, limiting ballot drop boxes in the presidential battleground to one per county. They told a state appellate court in filings Monday that a county judge overstepped his authority when he blocked it, earlier …
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