The Ohio House of Representatives reinstated work-from-home status Thursday after a legislative aide tested positive this week for COVID-19 and minority Democrats are angry that they were not informed about the decision earlier.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith says he is “very concerned” about the college football season in the wake of the Big Ten Conference’s announcement that it won’t play nonconference games in football and a handful of other sports this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Five-time Memorial winner and 2019 Masters champion Tiger Woods will compete in the 45th edition of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club later this month.
In a sign that Ohio’s economy is slowly reviving after the coronavirus shutdown, the state reported 6% fewer Ohioans applied for first-time jobless benefits last week and the number seeking continued claims continued to decline fell for the 10th straight week.
Muirfield Village is gearing up for the first doubleheader on the PGA Tour in 63 years.
Central Ohio residents were sweltering through the 13th consecutive day of 90-degree plus temperatures as the region closes in on a heat-wave record set more than nearly 140 years ago.
Repairs to the Statehouse and grounds damaged during protests over racial justice spurred by the death of George Floyd will cost over $158,000, according to the organization that maintains the historic property.
In one of the first-ever lawsuits centering on the 21st Amendment, which repealed Prohibition in 1933, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed for a preliminary injunction to immediately stop the flow of illegal liquor shipments into the state.
The Ohio Supreme Court will hear a country club’s appeal of orders that it sell back a lease to the state historical agency to provide public access to ancient burial mounds in Licking County.
Calling it a “surgical, precise approach” Governor Mike DeWine is requiring residents of Franklin and six other Ohio counties hardest hit by the coronavirus to wear masks when out in public.
