Mar 19, 2020 5:30PM By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press Eds: UPDATES: Updates with nearly 120 cases, state expanding use of online health consultations, chief justice urging courts to reduce in-p…
Automakers shut North American plants over coronavirus fears
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Concerns about the spreading coronavirus forced most of North America’s auto plants to close, at least temporarily. Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysl…
Coronavirus layoffs spark surge in state jobless claims
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In Ohio, more than 48,000 people applied for jobless benefits during the first two days of this week. The tally during the same period the …
Karen Sue Avila
Karen Sue Avila, 71, of Russells Point, passed away Tuesday afternoon, March 17, 2020, at Belle Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation, Bellefontaine. Karen was born on August 17, 1948 in Lima, a daughter…
Schedule set for voting lawsuit; patients include 2-year-old
Mar 18, 2020 5:21PM By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court set a speedy schedule to hear an elections lawsuit filed by the state’s Democratic Party…
Coronavirus layoffs spark surge in state jobless claims
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In Ohio, more than 48,000 people applied for jobless benefits during the first two days of this week. The tally during the same period the …
Switching remaining primaries to vote-by-mail not so easy
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Voting rights groups and the head of the Democratic National Committee want the states with remaining primary elections to offer voting by mail as a way to ensure t…
Election postponed, graduations canceled over virus in Ohio
Mar 17, 2020 4:21PM By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press Eds: UPDATES: With Ohio House scheduling session to address the primary delay, and with order coming to limit surgeries to life-saving or s…
Ohio Democratic Party sues over delay of primary election
By JULIE CARR SMYTH and DAN SEWELL Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Politicians of all stripes expressed frustration Tuesday after Ohio’s primary was postponed until June by the state̵…
Scratched: Kentucky Derby now set for September due to virus
By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer The Kentucky Derby was postponed until September on Tuesday, the latest rite of spring in sports to be struck by the new coronavirus along with the Masters, March Madne…