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Even though no one in Ohio beside Ambert Vin­son has tested pos­i­tive for the Ebola virus, the Ohio Depart­ment of Health has set up a 24 hour a day Ebola hot­line to answer ques­tions about Ebola. The num­ber is 866–800-1404. Just below Defi­ance the Put­nam County Health Depart­ment has been …

A Lib­erty Cen­ter man work­ing at a con­struc­tion site on the I-475 Bridge over the Maumee River was injured when struck by a hit and run dri­ver. It hap­pened south­bound near mile marker 4. 40 year-old Joshua Ben­son was wear­ing a reflec­tive vest that should have made him vis­i­ble in …

North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege is throw­ing its first everDis­cover NSCC Day in Arch­bold Sat­ur­day Novem­ber first. Vis­i­tors are invited to wan­der the cam­pus and class­rooms as the labs will be open and there will be inter­ac­tive demon­stra­tions in all depart­ments. For more info visit NorthwestState.edu.

Two peo­ple remain hos­pi­tal­ized with life-threatening injuries at a Toledo hos­pi­tal fol­low­ing that hor­rific crash Sun­day night on the Ohio Turn­pike at Swan­ton. Traf­fic headed east were nar­rowed to a sin­gle lane in a con­struc­tion zone, and a semi trac­tor trailer dri­ver did not real­ize traf­fic had slowed ahead, and …

At Cedar Point yes­ter­day roller coaster fans bade a fond farewell to the Man­tis, which closed for good at the end of the day after 18 years of deliv­er­ing thrills as one of the tallest, fastest and steep­est stand-up roller coast­ers in the world. This week they start dis­man­tling the …

The human part­ner of the Med­ina K-9 offi­cer that died when left in a hot squad car for four hours in the sun is now charged with ani­mal cru­elty. Sgt Brett Har­ri­son of Montville Town­ship police was charged with two mis­de­meanor counts of cru­elty. The Ger­man Shep­herd Beny died when …

A more nor­mal win­ter is on tap for Ohio. The National Weather Ser­vice says a drier win­ter is expected, with tem­per­a­tures that could run a few degrees on either side of nor­mal. It’s a much dif­fer­ent fore­cast from last winter’s real­ity, where bit­ter cold tem­per­a­tures and heavy snow made a …

Jus­tice Sharon Kennedy of the Ohio Supreme Court is com­ing to Bryan a week from today to meet the pub­lic. Com­mu­nity Hos­pi­tal is the host of the meet and greet with Kennedy and any­body who would like to meet a state supreme court judge can come chat with her. Jus­tice …

Local law enforce­ment reminds dri­vers that this is the sea­son deer are in rut and mov­ing around, and it is prime time for car and deer col­li­sions. Fri­day in Williams County in Madi­son Town­ship at car hit a deer on US 20A and the car suf­fered mod­er­ate dam­age. And Sat­ur­day …

Among the peo­ple who flew on the same plane as Ebola patient Amber Vin­son from Dal­las to Cleve­land are two peo­ple from the San­dusky area. The Erie County Health Depart­ment says it is extremely unlike they were exposed to the virus because they were not seated near Vin­son. But the …