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Ohio Alcohol Sales Restricted As COVID-19 Cases Remain High
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau, Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine has issued an executive order limiting alcohol sales in bars and restaurants to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. DeWine signed the… Read More
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First Partial Face Transplant Recipient In The US Dies
CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — The recipient of the first partial face transplant in the U.S. has died almost a dozen years after the groundbreaking operation. The Cleveland Clinic said Saturday… Read More
![Actor Wilford Brimley attends the premiere of Did You Hear About the Morgans? in New York City on December 14, 2009 Brimley passed away on August 1, 2020 at 85.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gettyimages-94454880-9e4e39464e80416b74944094834c7022ac8f476e-e1596392128668-900x422.jpg)
Actor Wilford Brimley Dies At 85
By: Suzanne Nuyen | NPR
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The actor, who became an Internet sensation for his pronunciation of “diabetes” in a Liberty Medical ad, died Saturday morning at a Utah hospital.
![View of the waterfront from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada on January 20, 2020. The number of American pleasure craft arriving from Washington state has alarmed Canadians living just across the border.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gettyimages-1194990487-734588b18205d2d66355ebc4be2a99a66e729a32-900x422.jpg)
🔉Americans, Go Home: Canadians Track U.S. Boaters Sneaking Across The Border
By: Martha Ann Overland | NPR
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U.S. pleasure boats have been sneaking into Canada despite a border shutdown. A group of Canadian retirees is on the lookout for violators from the “petri dish” that is America.
![Speaker Bob Cupp (R-Lima, left) laughs with Rep. Jon Cross (R-Kenton) after session on July 30, as Rep. Todd Smith (R-Farmersville) looks on. Cross is among the Republicans who have proposed bills to push back on Gov. Mike DeWine's public health orders.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cupp_and_cross_with_smith-1-e1596393048573-900x422.jpg)
New Ohio House Speaker Must Work To Unite GOP Caucus
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — While all but three Republicans voted for him publicly, sources say Bob Cupp (R-Lima) he beat House Speaker Pro Tem Jim Butler (R-Oakwood) by… Read More
![Rep. Larry Householder (R-Glenford) is congratulated after his election as Speaker of the Ohio House in January 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DSC_0142-e1596078834640-900x422.jpeg)
FBI Agents Search Ex-Ohio House Speaker’s Statehouse Office
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Federal authorities have executed a search warrant in the Statehouse office of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder. The search for Householder’s personal belongings took place… Read More
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Athens Co. Confirms Two New COVID-19 Cases For August 2
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 344 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after two additional cases were confirmed Sunday. The Athens City-County Health… Read More