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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 …

A routine traffic stop in Hicksville ends with felony assault charges against an Edgerton woman. Officials say Miranda Sponseller, of Edgerton, was stopped for changing lanes wrong. During the traffic stop, officials say Sponseller was arrested and charged with DUI. She then resists officers. That leads to additional assault charges …

DeKalb County deputies are investigating the death of a man at a steel manufacturing plant. Responders arrived at Heitman Steel…to find the victim…pinned between two rolls of steel. The victim was pronounced dead on scene by medical personnel. His identity is being withheld, pending family notification. The investigation is ongoing.

A man dies in an Auburn mobile home Monday afternoon. Crews arrived at the West Edge Mobile Home Park. Officials tell reporters the man and a woman were in the home at the time of the fire. The woman was able to escape. State and local investigators are going over …

A central Ohio judge blocks the subsidies from a $1 billion nuclear bailout law at the center of a $60 million bribery probe. This…as state lawmakers scramble to decide the fate of a repeal. Franklin County Judge, Chris Brown sided with Attorney General, Dave Yost…in granting a preliminary injunction that …

The Williams County Health Department reports four more COVID-19 deaths in the county this weekend…an 83-year-old female and three males aged 68, 86 and 79. Three of the victims were in long-term care facilities. 36 have now succumbed to COVID-19 in Williams County, health officials confirm. The county has had …

The City of Bryan will continue providing fire protection services to Pulaski and Jefferson townships. City council approved one-year contracts with the townships, during their regular meeting. The city also provides fire protection services to Center Township, by way of a three-year contract that remains in effect until 2022.

Monday night was the last board of education meeting for Bryan City Schools outgoing Superintendent, Diana Savage. Savage started her career in education as a teacher in Swanton, in 1989. She was the Bryan High School assistant principal from 2001-05…curriculum coordinator from 2005-08…and the superintendent from May 2008 to present.

An Angola man is hurt badly in a two-vehicle crash in Northwest Township, on County Road 1.50. Officials tell reporters Hugh Skiles, 91, was southbound…while a Jeep, driven by Jennifer Horne of Edon, was heading northbound. Investigators say Skiles’ car traveled left of center while negotiating a curve and collided …