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COVID-19…in Williams County. In the last week?…112 new cases, 12 hospitalizations and nine deaths. Since it began…2,728 cases, 143 patients in care…66 people have died…55 since Dec. 1st. 2,204 have recovered. Williams County remains at Level 3 on the Ohio Public Health Advisory System…we’re in the red…not good.

Ohio will use $50 million dollars in federal pandemic aid to buy 2 million at-home rapid coronavirus tests…to help local health departments respond faster to testing needs. Gov. DeWine makes the announcement. The at-home test kits are rapid antigen tests with results available in about 15 minutes. Users will receive …

The pretrial hearing for a Toledo man, accused of stabbing a Montpelier woman to death in February 2020…is pushed back on the docket for a sixth time. Thomas Smith, 24, was scheduled for a pretrial conference in Lucas County. It’s now set for March, 6th. Last March, Smith pled not …

A Bryan woman is sentenced to more than five years in prison in a Paulding County courtroom. Prosecutors told the court Angela Lambert sold large amounts of methamphetamine. She gets a minimum 65-month prison term by Judge Beckman. Lambert pled guilty back in December, we reported. Officials say she had …

Defiance County is awarded $18 thousand dollars to supplement emergency food and shelter programs. It is a part of Phase 38 of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, approved by Congress. It will be distributed to the qualifying agencies by a local board that includes representatives from the American Red …

The county health department announces it has scheduled a free COVID-19 testing event…in partnership with the Ohio National Guard. It’s similar to one staged in early December. The free testing is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday…at the Gillette Building, on the Williams County Fairgrounds, in Montpelier.

Williams County kicks off the latest portion of the COVID-19 vaccination program. Both the county health department and Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers held individual vaccine clinics for Phase 1B…distributing a very limited supply of vaccine to residents 80 years old and older. The hospital is giving its 300-dose allotment…to …

A fire destroys the Howerton Enterprises warehouse on S. Jackson St.in Defiance. Fire and smoke could be seen for blocks…much of it from the back of the building…as the fire team moves in to fight the blaze. The warehouse was used to store after-market auto parts. No injuries were reported. …

Cory Comer of Hicksville choked and beat up her girlfriend at their West High Street home. That’s what the police says. Officers get the disturbance call. When they arrive and talk to the couple…Comer is soon cuffed and put in the police cruiser. No word on just how badly the woman …

Nearly all Ohio school districts have told the state they plan to return to in-person learning…in some form…by March 1st… meaning efforts to vaccinate thousands of school employees will begin Feb. 1st. Gov, DeWine says 96% of districts indicated they’d follow either the hybrid model…that’s home some days, in school …