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Why Were The Polls Off? Pollsters Have Some Early Theories
By: Danielle Kurtzleben | NPR
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Along with state polls, national polls may have been significantly further off from the election results than in 2016. Many appear to have missed support for Trump and down-ballot GOP candidates.

Healthcare Workers Plead For Community Support; First County Goes Purple As COVID Surge Continues in Ohio
By: Sarah Taylor | WKSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKSU) — For the first time since Ohio began utilizing a color-coded public health alert advisory system, a county has reached the highest level of risk. Franklin County is now at the purple level, with six of seven risk factors persisting for two straight weeks. Three other counties—Lake, Lorain and Montgomery are on the… Read More


Athens Co. Confirms 41 COVID-19 Cases For November 18 And 19, Remains At Level 2
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 1,706 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 41 cases were confirmed over the last 48 hours. The Ohio Department of Health confirmed the new cases on November 19. Full data from the agency has been delayed as the state decided to double-check… Read More

12 Million To Lose Jobless Benefits The Day After Christmas Unless Congress Acts
By: Chris Arnold | NPR
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If Congress doesn’t compromise and pass another relief bill, a new study finds a staggering number of Americans will lose a critical financial lifeline as the pandemic worsens.


Gun Bill To Be Considered During Ohio’s Lame Duck Session
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers were supposed to take up a controversial gun bill this week that would have allowed concealed weapons in more places and expanded access for gun owners but that has been delayed until after Thanksgiving. Amendments have been added to an existing bill that deals with antique gun… Read More


Kennon Adkinson, Chief Kindness Officer of Sonny’s Barbeque
In a time when businesses are trying to do more with less, one restaurant chain is extending its Southern hospitality. Sonny’s Barbeque appointed its first CKO – Chief Kindness Officer earlier this year. Kennon Adkinson is the guy who gets to Q the Kindness! Learn more at sonnysbbq.com or through the hashtag #Qthekindness.

Lancaster’s Decorative Arts Center Spotlights ‘Russian Decorative Arts from the Tsars to the USSR’
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · Russian Decorative Arts from the Tsars to the USSR Through February 28, 2021, the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio (145 East Main Street, Lancaster) will showcase an array of fascinating pieces of Russian art from the collection of curator Michael Reese with their exhibition entitled Russian Decorative Arts from the Tsars to the… Read More
