By PHILIP MARCELO, PATTY NIEBERG, and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press/Report for America An 88-year-old woman in Ohio broke down in tears as her son hugged her for the first time in a year. Nursing …
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DeWine oks unclaimed vaccine doses to anyone 16 or older, promises veto on GOP-backed bill
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine predicted a chaotic future for Ohio in a letter Monday pleading with fellow Republ…
Scrutinized Ohio utility hires ethics and compliance officer
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — One of the nation’s largest electric utility holding companies under investigation by multiple federal agencies announced Monday that it had h…
Police contacted after Ohio State’s Liddell receives threats
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer Ohio State officials have reached out to police about threatening and insulting social media messages sophomore E.J. Liddell received following the Buckeyes’ NCA…
Grandparents in the pandemic: a lost year, but now some hope
By DAN SEWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — No sleepovers with popcorn and Disney movies. No dance recitals or holiday pageants, let alone any Grandparents’ Day for visiting the kids’ class…
FirstEnergy refusing to return subsidy cash to customers
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio electric company under scrutiny for its role in what federal authorities say was a $60 million bribery and corruption scheme has told state …
DeWine picks ex-judge as new Ohio utility commission chair
By MARK GILLISPIE and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former county judge was selected Friday by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine as the next chair of the Public Utilities Com…
DeWine: COVID-19 numbers optimistic but ‘battle’ not over
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — While Ohio coronavirus cases continue to slowly decline, Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday he can̵…
Redistricting data may be ready a month early, in old format
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press States under pressure to redraw congressional and legislature districts but facing a delay in the release of the needed data may be able to get the numbers in an out…
James Levine, who ruled over Met Opera, dead at age 77
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Conductor James Levine, who ruled over the Metropolitan Opera for more than four decades before being eased aside when his health declined and then was …