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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

Ohio congressman, Bob Latta has received the National Health Leadership Award by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists. The award recognizes an individual on the federal government level…who supports the role that those certified registered nurse perform.

Two people are hurt when a car leaves Interstate 69 and hits the cable barrier in the median in DeKalb County…along the southbound lanes, near the 327 mile marker, south of Auburn. Officials tell reporters Meriam Kent, 43, of Indianapolis thought she saw an object in the roadway. Kent swerved. …

A review of whether Ohio’s medical board properly closed old cases of alleged sexual assault…or impropriety by medical professionals…has resulted in recommendations to refer 11 cases to law enforcement and reopen 91 more for further investigation. The subjects of those cases remain secret, at least for now…because the State Medical …

COVID-19 cases remain high in Williams County, with 19 new patients in the past seven days. Williams County remains at Level 2 on the Ohio Public Health Advisory System. The health department will give the second dose of the Moderna vaccine to complete the two-dose regimen for about 600 county …