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![Kids were in masks in Worthington Kilbourne High School when the district reopened for in-person learning in March 2021. All K-12 students and staff in the district are required to wear masks after a mandate went into effect August 25, a week after school started for the year.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/masked-kids-in-worthington-kilbourne-class-march-2021-konik-scaled-e1631740341303-900x422.jpg)
Key Lawmaker Says A Mask Mandate For All Ohio Schools Wouldn’t Stand
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Children’s hospitals say they’re worried about rising cases of COVID in kids, with nearly half of all Ohio students not required to wear masks… Read More
![A school bus in suburban Columbus picks up students in September 2020.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Bus-Feature-900x422.png)
DeWine Not Ruling Out Ohio National Guard As School Drivers
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The bus driver shortage is so bad in some Ohio school districts that drivers are being asked to do multiple routes, and districts are… Read More
![Mechanical ventilation equipment](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/shutterstock_1690069879-e1631731324386-900x422.jpg)
Marietta Leading Ohio In Rate Of COVID-19 Hospitalizations
By: Debbie Holmes | WOSU
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOSU) — Health officials are sending an urgent message in southern Ohio’s Washington County as COVID-19 patients overwhelm area hospitals. “We’re drowning in positivity,” said director of nursing… Read More
![A COVID-19 graphic](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AP_797274936581-e1592324392868-900x422.png)
Athens Co. Confirms 45 New COVID-19 Cases For Sept. 15
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 6,661 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 45 new cases were reported Wednesday. The Ohio Department… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine wearing face masks on June 23, 2020.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/mike_dewine_fran_dewine_face_masks-e1594149334388-900x422.jpg)
DeWine Says He Would Issue A Statewide Mask Mandate If He Could
By: Andrew Welsh-Huggins | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday said he would have issued a statewide mask mandate to slow spiking cases of the coronavirus if the Legislature hadn’t tied… Read More