A worker at a local tank farm terminal in Shawnee Township was rescued Monday morning. Just after 10:15 AM Monday morning, the Shawnee Township Fire Department responded for a report of a male in and out of consciousness. Firefighters ultimately found the man on top of a large liquid storage tank suffering from a medical emergency.

Allen County Public Health is reminding residents of their Project DAWN program that supplies Narcan in the event that someone overdoses. Project DAWN stands for "Deaths Avoided With Naloxone" and is a statewide program that provides agencies and community partners to distribute free Narcan to those who might need the lifesaving medicine in the event of an overdose. ACPH says that Allen County does see both fatal and non-fatal overdoses, some of which are unintentional, so their goal is to prepare the community to help combat the opioid epidemic.

Care Access is looking for individuals to take part in a medical screening that could save lives. They are looking for those who are underserved in clinical trials, such as the African-American and Hispanic populations, to be screened for a specific type of cholesterol known as lipoprotein (a). It can affect 1 in every 5 people, and for African Americans, it can be 1 in every 3. It's part of the 'bad' cholesterol, and elevated levels of it can put individuals three times more at risk for heart disease and stroke.

The medical center's Rising Star program places high school students who are interested in the medical field into a month-long internship. They will get the chance to explore various career opportunities in the healthcare field, such as surgery, pharmacy, nursing, and emergency medicine, among others. The program is designed to give the students the connections and resources they need to move forward in their careers, which the organizers hope is in Lima.