NEW 2020 SUMMER COOLING PROGRAM CHANGES

 Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission will begin accepting applications for the HEAP Summer Crisis program July 1, 2020 and will continue through September 30, 2020.  The program will offer the following assistance:  • electric bill payment and/or  • air conditioner or fan and/or  • central air unit repair (cannot exceed program max benefit amount)  New…

COVID Cases Rise to 20 in Paulding County with 2 additional possible – Only 3 Active; PCH Tests in 45 Minutes

By: WBN staff writer The Paulding County Commissioners met for a special Emergency Operation Center meeting with the Paulding County health agency members on Friday, June 26. Officials from the county including the Paulding County Hospital were included at this meeting.  Ed Bohn, the Paulding County EMA Director, asked for the meeting due to the…

Governor DeWine, Attorney General Yost Announce Plans for Meaningful Law Enforcement Reform

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Attorney General Dave Yost announced the following actions and proposed legislative reforms aimed at making meaningful improvements to law enforcement training, transparency, and accountability.  LAW ENFORCEMENT OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD Governor DeWine and Attorney General Yost today outlined their plan to create a law enforcement oversight and accountability board comprised…

WORLD DISEASES – “YELLOW FEVER”

By: Caroline Longardner  The COVID-19 VIRUS Pandemic is still on the rise in many places in this country and the world. The population is asked to WEAR FACE MASKS in public and use sanitary procedures whenever and wherever possible. As of June 18, 2020 in the United States, there were 2,155,572 total cases of this…

Hydrochloric Acid Spill in New Haven

At approximately 10:30am crews were dispatched on a Hazardous Materials incident off of Nelson Rd. A chemical truck carrying Hydrochloric Acid was emptying product into a tank at Brenntag a chemical distributor. While emptying product into an onsite tank an incident occurred causing approximately 45000 lbs. of product to be released onto the lot. The…