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Staff report TRENT – A Merkel man was killed in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning about 1.4 miles east of here, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a news release.  An eastbound 2016 Dodge Ram pickup on the Interstate 20 service road was attempting to merge onto the highway at about 7:48 a.m. as a westbound 2005 Chrysler STC was approaching, the release said.  "Both vehicles then veered to the south where they collided," the release said. Chrysler driver Virgil P. Warren, 59, of Merkel was pronounced dead at the scene. He was wearing a seat belt, DPS said. Pickup driver K...

View Comments Gas prices jumped just above $4 a gallon this week in Tulare County, and many gas stations in the southeast were out of fuel as panicked motorists rushed to fill up in the wake of the cyberattack on a crucial regional pipeline. Operators of the Colonial Pipeline, a major system that delivers fuel across the East Coast, had to shut it down Saturday following a ransomware attack.  Following the shutdown, motorists flocked to stations to top off their tanks, fearing shortages, even though pipeline officials have said they expect to "substantially" restore service by the w...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine declined to divulge how the state developed its "Vax-a-Million" giveaways to vaccinated Ohioans but took full responsibility for how the effort works out – or doesn't. Ohio will give away $1 million to one adult and a four-year college scholarship to one child age 12 to 17 who has been vaccinated each Wednesday, for five weeks in a row, starting May 26. The prizes will be paid for by federal coronavirus stimulus dollars. “It came from me," DeWine said of the idea on Thursday. "The buck stops with me. My responsibility, my decision." The lottery announcement Wednesday...

California is getting $27 billion in federal coronavirus relief, and Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he wants to give some of that money to small-business owners that were forced to temporarily close during the pandemic. The Democratic governor said he will ask state lawmakers to add $1.5 billion to a program that gives up to $25,000 grants to small businesses that they do not have to pay back. That program already has $2.5 billion to give away, meaning the proposal — if approved — would put the fund at $4 billion. Newsom said it would be the largest relief program in the country for...

Wayne, Oakland County courts eye resuming jury trials this summer View Comments If all goes well, jury trials in circuit courts in Wayne and Oakland counties will resume this summer, officials said Wednesday. Chief Judge Timothy Kenny of Wayne County Circuit Court said July 19 is the target date for the court to start holding the trials again as new COVID-19 cases decline in Metro Detroit and across the state. In Oakland County, court administrator Kevin Oeffner said officials have no firm timetable but hope to resume jury trials as soon as next month. Kenny said the pandemic's greatest imp...