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Ohio’s governor and health officials remain optimistic about the state’s coronavirus vaccine distribution plan…even as providers and some college campuses suspend using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine…while federal officials investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. The CDC and the FDA had recommended a pause…while the agencies investigate the effects …

Ohioans would receive a 2% personal income tax cut under the latest version of the state budget…introduced by House Republicans. The reduction could amount to $380 million dollars in lower taxes over two years, beginning July 1. The budget also provides $155 million dollars in grants to help industries, negatively …

Williams County Commissioners approve an upgrade that will better enable the sheriff’s office and 911 personnel to access records and images, search for data, view dispatch information and receive call assignments through a mobile device. The Spillman Mobile software will allow deputies to see dispatch calls as they are received, …

A man breaks into the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus in the early morning hours…uses a fire extinguisher to spray chemicals on the historic building’s Rotunda floor…and then calls 911 seeking medical help. When the police arrive…they find the man outside on the west lawn of the downtown building, near the monument …

Indiana health officials confirm 1,198 more cases of COVID-19…and 10 additional deaths. The state is approaching 700,000 infections and has logged more than 12,700 fatalities, since the beginning of the pandemic. Another 405 probable deaths were reported…based on patient clinical diagnoses…but for whom no positive test was on record. At …

Gov., DeWine delays the three remaining executions that were scheduled for this year in Ohio. The governor is making good on his promise of no executions in 2021. He cited no source for lethal injection drugs…and a lack of movement by lawmakers, in making a switch in execution method a …

Gov., Holcomb vetoes a bill that would have given Indiana legislators more authority to intervene during emergencies declared by the governor. Holcomb issued the veto on the proposal that lawmakers approved over his objections, and which he and some legal experts have said they don’t believe is allowed under the …

A 14-year-old girl is airlifted to the hospital…after she loses control and is thrown from the off-road vehicle she is driving in DeKalb County. Officials tell reporters the crash took place on private property. The girl was not wearing a helmet. Indiana law requires all operators and passengers of off-road …

As virus cases and hospitalizations in Ohio begin to rise again, Gov., DeWine tells the media, he remains optimistic of the state goal to remove health orders by July, 4th. Over the past two weeks, the rolling average number of daily new cases has increased by more than 20%…that’s according …

Governor, DeWine recommends to the General Assembly…that Ohio use a portion of the federal stimulus money, to pay off the state’s unemployment compensation loan. The debt from the unemployment payments the state has been making since the pandemic began currently stands at $1.4 billion dollars. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce …