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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

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

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

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

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