Local – COVID 19

Pandemic creates $107M hole in OSU sports budget

Ohio State says it is cutting a handful of jobs, furloughing hundreds of other employees and asking coaches to take pay cuts to deal with a budget shortfall expected to be over $100 million because of the coronavirus pandemic.

$10M grant funds COVID-19 research at OSU

Researchers at have been awarded a five-year, $10 million grant to study the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 on firefighters, police officers, healthcare workers and the people who live with them.

Hallowe’en masks

With Hallowe’en a little over six weeks away, the state is providing guidelines for holiday activities like trick-or-treating and haunted houses.

Ohio unemployment declines only 0.1% in August

Ohio’s unemployment rate inched downward in August, to 8.9% from a revised 9.0% in July as business shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to weigh down the state’s economy.