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DeWine: Next few weeks toughest yet; but Ohioans’ Thanksgiving contact reduced by 60-70% By Tom Barr - tbarr@wnewsj.com COLUMBUS — After Ohio vaccinated its first nursing home residents and staff on Friday, many other nursing homes are beginning to vaccinate this week as well. Also, the Ohio National Guard received a waiver that allows them to help in the administration of COVID-19 vaccine. “These next several weeks will be the toughest yet, and we can’t afford to overwhelm our hospitals with a flood of new COVID-19 cases from the holidays,” said Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine at Monday’s ...

Google Maps An agency that serves people with behavioral health needs in McLean County has received a donated building that it will use to house its recovery program. Tom Barr, executive director of the McLean County Center for Human Services (CHS), said Dave Segneri and his family have donated the Tower Center building at 520 N. Center St. in Bloomington to the agency. “This is a perfect example of a public-private partnership,” Barr said in a statement. “We are so grateful to the Segneri family for their generosity and commitment to our mission.” Segneri, who is headed into retire...

(Story updated) 8 more Clinton Countians have died from COVID-19, CCHD reports; DeWine announces vaccinations underway By Tom Barr - tbarr@wnewsj.com Eight more Clinton Countians have died from COVID-19, the Clinton County Health District reported Monday morning. Sixteen local residents have now died from coronavirus-related causes within an 18-day period. The latest victims are: • A man in his 60s • Two women in their 70s • A woman in her 80s • A woman in her 90s • Two more deaths have been reported; they have not yet been entered into the Ohio Department of Health Dashboard “as ...

True teamwork & community spirit: County ensures pop up success as 278 tested By Tom Barr - tbarr@wnewsj.com Member of the Ohio National Guard were part of the pop testing team. Wilmington-Clinton County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Dessie Rogers gets her nose swabbed for testing as the chamber’s Molly Boatman records the process along with narration. County Commissioner Brenda Woods (standing) was among the volunteers involved in recording all the pertinent information into computers. It took the work of dozens of volunteers to bring free local COVID-19 popup testing to Clinto...

Congresswoman i will land omar, tlaib and ocasio-cortez. for some reason he decided to single out the four of you again to attack in defense of himself. unfortunately i have to ask for your response to that. >> he is not if not consistent again in the profound words of doctor maya angelou when people show you who they are, believe them. i'm not distracted. he offers this rhetoric to distract -- he offered hateful rhetoric to distract from his hurtful policies and the american people are hurting. we are going to continue to lead and legislation on those issues of care and concern to the america...