DeWine adds those 50+ to vaccine list
With the state continuing to show progress in battling the deadly coronavirus, Gov. Mike DeWine has again dropped the minimum age eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations, this time to those 50 years or older.
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OSU football activities paused after coronavirus testing
The Ohio State Department of Athletics has paused all football team-related activities and closed the Woody Hayes Athletic Center administrative offices for one week because of an increase in positive tests for the coronavirus.
Police name one suspect in Polaris mall shooting
Columbus police have identified one of the men who exchanged gunfire inside Polaris Fashion Place last week.
Fraud continues to plague unemployment system
The number of Ohioans filing first-time claims for unemployment during the last week of February was 19% higher than the week before but the state says 21,000 of the more than 120,000 initial claims have been flagged for potential fraud.
Woman run over at bar where man was shot over the weekend
A woman was in stable condition after being run over by a car in the parking lot of a Northeast Side bar where a shooting early Sunday left a man injured.
Buckeyes limp into Big Ten tourney as No. 5 seed
After losing the final four regular-season games, the Buckeyes find themselves the fifth seed in the 2021 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament.
4 dead in weekend shootings
Coming off a record year for homicides, Columbus is already well ahead of last year’s pace with 39 murders in a little over two months, four of them over this past weekend.
New COVID-19 cases plummet
More than 1 million Ohioans will join the ranks of those eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines later this week when residents age 50 and older can sign up.
BGSU student from Delaware dies in alleged frat hazing
His family’s attorney says a Bowling Green State University student from the Delaware area has died after an alleged hazing incident involving alcohol.
Search resumes for 6-year-old boy dumped in Ohio River by mom
Crews resumed searching the Ohio River Sunday for the body a 6-year-old Ohio boy who police say died when his mother tried to abandon him at a park and drive away but he grabbed for a door and was dragged.