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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 …

Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers in the area. There were 154 new cases reported over Monday and Tuesday in Fulton County, for a total of 2,441. There were 3 additional hospitalizations, now at 130 since March. Lucas County had 21,605 cases and 475 deaths as of Tuesday. Defiance County?…2,491 …

We now know the victim of that workplace accident in DeKalb County. Officials confirm Josh Lucas, of Bryan died at the Heidtman Steel plant on County Road 59, near Butler. We reported Lucas was pinned, between two rolls of steel. Butler Police and firefighters responded with Indiana State Police. Lucas …

Williams County receives its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Health Department gets 100 doses of the Moderna version. The hospital plans to begin vaccinating phase one employees and providers with the most in-house COVID-19 exposure, such as COVID unit doctors and nurses.

Ohio lawmakers end the 2020 legislative session…without repealing or replacing a scandal-tainted bill that provides a $1 billion dollar bailout for two aging nuclear power plants. After more than four months of negotiations, it failed to reach a deal to fix House Bill 6, the 2019 legislation…under scrutiny since then-Ohio …