News Staff 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 to cities and counties.
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 stopped all traffic on I-69 … Read more
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 total citations in 2020, down … Read more
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 the final version of the … Read more
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, Shirley Fry.
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. That’s when the vehicle goes … Read more
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 Board doesn’t disclose who is … Read more
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 school staff at a vaccine … Read more
A bomb threat is reported at a Grabill bank. Responders are called to the First Merchants branch on Main St. They go over the place. No danger. In the end…maintenance workers came upon a bag in a storage room in the bank that had pipes in it…but that’s all they were…not an explosive device. The … Read more