River Valley Area Agency on Aging and Columbus Health Department vaccinating homebound seniors
River Valley Area Agency on Agency and Columbus Health Department vaccinating homebound seniors By Cindy Centofanti | May 7, 2021 at 9:32 AM EDT - Updated May 7 at 9:32 AM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Our senior citizens are the most vulnerable and with the COVID-19 vaccines rollout across the Peach State, some seniors havenât always had an easy time gaining access to it especially those who are homebound.
But now a partnership between the River Valley Area Agency on Aging and the Columbus Health Department is allowing shut-in seniors an opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine if they canât leave their home.
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COLUMBUS, Ind. – The Alliance of Substance Abuse Progress (ASAP), the Columbus Police Department (CPD), the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO), and the Columbus Mayor’s office issued a joint warning to citizens of the county due to a recent spike in overdose deaths. During the first four months of 2021, CPD and BCSO responded to more drug overdoses and “suspected” overdoses than during this same period in previous years.
“With overdose numbers rising, we feel the public should exercise extreme caution when it comes to substances and carry NARCAN® as a lifesaving precaution,” said Doug Leonard, Executive Director of ASAP. NARCAN®, an opioid overdose reversal, is available with no questions asked, at the ASAP Hub, in the United Way Center, 1531 13th Street.
April 18, 2021
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) â The Ohio county sheriff and his tiny police dog were inseparable, their lives unwaveringly intertwined.
It thus seems fitting that retired Geauga County Sheriff Dan McClelland, 67, and his crime-fighting partner Midge, 16, would both die .
April 18, 2021
By DAN SEWELL Associated Press
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) â Rodney Muterspaw figures J.D. Vance has already shown he s got what it takes to be a U.S. senator.
Vance, the Hillbilly Elegy author and a fellow Middletown native, broke out of poverty and family chaos and never forgot his .
April 18, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) â A suspect s attack against two Columbus police officers left one officer with a broken jaw and the other with a concussion, authorities announced Friday.
COLUMBUS It took fewer than 48 hours to rock Ohio s political world.
First, Republican Sen. Rob Portman shocked Ohio politicians when he announced Monday that he wouldn t run for re-election in 2022. The well-funded incumbent was considered a safe bet for the seat in a state that President Donald Trump won handily, twice. Democrats were still mulling who would challenge him.
Then, former Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton emerged as a possible Democratic contender for U.S. Senate, Cleveland.com first reported.
That article got a signal boost from author Connie Schultz, a prominent Ohio Democrat and the wife of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, who tweeted: Imagine Dr. Amy Acton as Ohio s next U.S. senator. I sure can.