DeWine says some businesses may reopen after May 1
Governor Mike DeWine says some businesses taking proper precautions amid the pandemic could begin reopening after May 1.
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Pledge brings Ohio neighborhood together — at a distance
One mom’s morning Pledge of Allegiance has become a tradition in a neighborhood in Kettering.
Over 158,000 more Ohioans file for unemployment
The number of Ohioans thrown out of work in the past month exceeds that of the past two years as the coronavirus pandemic threatens to bring the world’s economy to a grinding halt and throw it into a depression of historic proportions.
Memorial rescheduled for July
The 45th edition of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide has been rescheduled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and officials say they are prepared to hold it without fans in attendance.
Baby steps on the road back
New guidelines expected Thursday from President Donald Trump are aiming to ease restrictions in areas with low transmission of the coronavirus but the ultimate decisions will remain with governors, like Mike DeWine, who is thinking in terms of steps, not leaps.
Battelle will sterilize masks for all local agencies
As everyone on the front lines of the battle against the COVID-19 virus struggles to find a sufficient supply of personal protective equipment, PPE, Battelle has agreed to sterilize N-95 masks for all of Ohio’s first responders for free.
DeWine Ok’s prisoner releases amid more inmate deaths
More deaths are being reported in Ohio’s state and federal prisons.
Commissioners, Pence discuss college football future
The commissioners of the major college football conferences have told Vice President Mike Pence college sports cannot return from the coronavirus shutdown until campuses have re-opened.
DeWine feels pressure to reopen Ohio for business
Governor Mike DeWine is facing increasing pressure from lawmakers, including some of his fellow Republicans, and business owners to restart some nonessential work around the state even while Ohio continues to see new case and new deaths from the COVID-19 virus.
New treatment at OSU, convention center space prepared
Doctors at the OSU Wexner Medical Center on Monday completed a transfusion of blood from a recovered coronavirus patient into a current sufferer, the first patient such procedure in central or northern Ohio.