Pack your patience this Thanksgiving
Experts say travel volumes will be nearly back to pre-pandemic levels this Thanksgiving holiday weekend, meaning long lines at airports and crowded highways.
Local – COVID 19
COVID boosters now available for all adult Ohioans
Following the CDC director’s acceptance of an advisory panel’s recommendation, COVID-19 vaccine boosters are now available for Ohioans ages 18 and older.
Browns’ Chubb healthy for Lions game
Browns running back Nick Chubb has been activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list.
Unemployment rate falls to 5.1%
Ohio saw a burst of hiring last month, as employers added more than 20,000 jobs, dropping the state’s unemployment rate to 5.1%.
Vaccines for kids surge, along with COVID cases
The first deadline for Ohioans to enter the $2 million Ohio Vax-2-School vaccine incentive program.
Unemployment claims drop after sudden rise
Initial unemployment claims in Ohio plummeted last week after spiking during the first week of November.
Columbus schools offer vaccine clinics
Columbus City Schools is partnering up with Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Columbus Public Health to offer COVID-19 vaccine clinics for students ages 5-11 at every one of the district’s elementary schools in December and January.
Weekly jobless claims rebound
In a sign of how uneven Ohio’s recovery from the pandemic-induced recession has been, the number of initial filings for unemployment ballooned by more than 50% during the first week of November.
DeWine exposed to coronavirus as kids’ vaccines get underway
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has canceled in-person events after he and his wife, Fran DeWine, were exposed to two staff members who recently tested positive for COVID-19.
First-time jobless claims rise amid overall decline
While the number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits inched back upward last week from a pandemic-era low, the number of overall claims continued to decline, indicating the state’s economy is still in recovery mode.