Ohio News Network Daily
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ONN Daily: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022
February 22, 2022 21:30 - 6 minutes - 6.22 MBOhio Sen. Rob Portman, who is co-chair of Senate Ukraine Caucus, calls on Biden Administration to take immediate action against Russia after Putin orders invasion of eastern Ukraine; Ohio Redistricting Commission almost out of time to prevent themselves from being held in contempt of court for inaction on unfinished legislative maps.
ONN Daily: Monday, Feb. 21, 2022
February 21, 2022 21:30 - 7 minutes - 6.62 MBOhio Supreme Court shows impatience with Ohio Redistricting Commission, signals that they may hold members in contempt of court; COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to drop in Ohio; Ohio GOP endorses Gov. Mike Dewine in race for governor on a sharply divided secret ballot.
ONN Daily: Friday, Feb. 18, 2022
February 18, 2022 21:30 - 7 minutes - 6.86 MBRepublican lawmakers who failed to approve a constitutional legislative district map are attempting to bypass the Ohio Supreme Court by asking a federal judge to approve their gerrymandered map; President Joe Biden announces $1 billion in funding for Great Lakes initiative in Lorain on Thurday; power outages, hazardous roadways follow winter storm that brought high winds to parts of Ohio, snowfall to others.
ONN Daily: Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022
February 16, 2022 21:30 - 7 minutes - 6.53 MBGov. Mike Dewine announces that he will hold State of the State Address on March 23, marking a return to the annual speech after two years without it, due to the pandemic; Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther declares gun violence a public health crisis, creates new initiative to combat it; GOP lawmakers look to open school vouchers to all Ohio children, a move that opponents say favors private schools and further burdens public schools.
ONN Daily: Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022
February 15, 2022 21:30 - 7 minutes - 6.81 MBState health department reports that new COVID-19 cases related to Omicron variant continue to drop off; ODOT reminds motorists to move over when vehicles with flashing lights are on Ohio's roadways; food pantries struggling with increased demand, inflation.
ONN Daily: Friday, Feb. 11, 2022
February 11, 2022 21:30 - 6 minutes - 5.74 MBOhio Department of Health says new COVID-19 cases are down for the fourth week in a row, in the state; Ohio State Highway Patrol says it will be out in full force on Super Bowl Sunday to combat impaired driving; Ohio's district maps still remain in limbo, as May 3 primary grows ever closer.
ONN Daily: Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022
February 10, 2022 21:30 - 7 minutes - 6.57 MBDirector of Ohio Department of Health says COVID-19 cases continue to decline, showing promise that Omicron variant is winding down; U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown says he's worried about lifting of mask-wearing policies in school districts; Columbus officials release new information about the apparent abduction and murder of a local Muslim leader.
ONN Daily: Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
February 09, 2022 21:30 - 6 minutes - 6.27 MBOhio health officials say COVID-19-related hospitalizations trending downward, with half the number of cases of early January; Ohio lawmakers consider bill that would ramp up GPS monitoring on criminal offenders; Intel has posted the first job openings for its forthcoming $20 billion microchip fabrication facility outside of Columbus.
ONN Daily: Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022
February 08, 2022 19:45 - 6 minutes - 2.97 MBPeloton backs out of its big plans for Northwestern Ohio; power continues to be restored in Southeastern Ohio following last week's ice storm; everybody seems to think that Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is cool - even his opponents.
ONN Daily: Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
February 07, 2022 21:30 - 7 minutes - 6.39 MBThousands of people in southern Ohio are still without power, following last week's winter storms; some in eastern Ohio dealing with flooding, as snow and ice melt into local rivers and streams; Ohio lawmakers on a tight deadline to re-draw congressional district maps, but leaders on both sides say they're not hopeful.
ONN Daily: Friday, Feb. 4, 2022
February 04, 2022 21:30 - 6 minutes - 5.6 MBUtility companies say that restoring power across southern and southeastern Ohio will take time after electricity was knocked out in more than 20 Ohio counties; the Ohio Department of Health says that COVID-19 hospitalizations are down, but we are not in the clear yet; semiconductor bill being considered in the U.S. House would, among other things, make the construction of a massive microchip plant in Ohio go more smoothly.
ONN Daily: Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022
February 03, 2022 21:30 - 6 minutes - 5.71 MBAll of Ohio's 88 counties are under some form of winter storm warning, as a weather front brings ice and snow to the Buckeye State; ODOT has game plan in place for snow plow drivers as northern Ohio braces for 9-to-16 inches of snow; U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown says the federal government still has work to do to help people, businesses impacted by the pandemic.
ONN Daily: Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022
February 02, 2022 21:30 - 8 minutes - 7.37 MBOhio braces for winter storm expected to blanket northern part of the state in inches of snow, southern part of the state in sheets of ice; ODOT says combination of rain and snow makes pre-treating the roads difficult; former House Speaker Larry Householder's attorneys ask federal judge to dismiss case against him, saying the 1.5 million pages of evidence presented to do not prove misconduct.
ONN Daily: Monday, Jan. 31, 2022
January 31, 2022 21:30 - 7 minutes - 6.67 MBAthens County native Joe Burrow leads the Cincinnati Bengals to a 27-24 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship, paving the way for Cinci's first trip to the Super Bowl in more than 30 years; much of Ohio preparing for mid-week storm that could bring record-setting amounts of snow and ice; state legislators have received a petition to consider a citizen-led marijuana legalization measure or put it on the state ballot.
ONN Daily: Friday, Jan. 28, 2022
January 28, 2022 21:30 - 5 minutes - 5.37 MBScioto, Lawrence, Fayette, Pike and Brown counties - all in southern Ohio - now have the highest incidence of new COVID-19 cases in the state; Department of Health says change in contact tracing rules for schools changed because all students are being exposed to Omicron variant just by being in school; Ohio Redistricting Commission running out of time to present constitutional legislative maps to Ohio Supreme Court.
ONN Daily: Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022
January 27, 2022 21:30 - 6 minutes - 5.98 MBOhio Department of Health says new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations show a promising trend in the direction of the coronavirus pandemic; voting rights groups issue official challenge to redrawn legislative maps, saying the result is still unconstitutionally gerrymandered; criminal trial related to Ohio's largest-ever political corruption scandal likely to take six weeks, but start date still uncertain.
ONN Daily: Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022
January 25, 2022 21:30 - 6 minutes - 5.67 MBSouthern Ohio now considered one of the hotspots for new COVID-19 cases, as numbers dip in previously hard-hit areas of the state; Ohio National Guard members relocating around the state to meet the need in areas seeing more cases; Ohio State announcing moves to align future graduates with opportunities that will arise from the construction of a massive microchip manufacturing operation by Intel in central Ohio.
ONN Daily: Monday, Jan. 24, 2022
January 24, 2022 21:30 - 7 minutes - 6.66 MBRepublican members of Ohio Redistricting Commission approve new legislative map along party lines, submit for Ohio Supreme Court approval; National Guard members leave University Hospitals in Cleveland as Omicron variant cases begin to level out in what as once the hardest-hit part of the state; three killed in fire in Ohio River town of Ripley, including a 4-year-old girl.
ONN Daily: Friday, Jan. 21, 2022
January 21, 2022 21:30 - 6 minutes - 5.96 MBIntel announces it will make $20 billion investment in microchip manufacturing facility in Columbus suburb of New Albany; President Joe Biden hails Intel announcement as a victory for American workforce and proof of strength in Midwestern manufacturing; state health leaders say COVID-19 cases leveling out in some parts of state; but warn pandemic is not yet over.
ONN Daily: Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022
January 20, 2022 21:30 - 5 minutes - 5.44 MBFranklin County prosecutors drop half of the charges against former Columbus-area doctor accused of administering fatal doses of fentanyl to terminally-ill patients, saying they want to streamline the impending case; Ohio health officials report that new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations trending downward statewide; Ohio Sen. Rob Portman rebuts President Joe Biden's comments on tensions in the Ukraine.
ONN Daily: Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022
January 19, 2022 21:30 - 5 minutes - 5.09 MBOhio Redistricting Commission under strict deadlines as it begins re-drawing legislative and congressional maps recently deemed to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered in favor of Republicans; Columbus City Schools officials in public dispute with teachers' union over how to keep students and staff safe amid surge in COVID-19 cases; State Patrol announces drug bust that netted $60,000 worth of fentanyl in Scioto County.
ONN Daily: Monday, Jan. 17, 2022
January 17, 2022 21:30 - 6 minutes - 5.9 MBOhio blanketed in snowfall overnight, with some parts of the state getting upwards of 10 inches; ODOT says plow drivers in short supply, meaning many will work 12-hour shifts; school districts across Ohio changing plans to deal with COVID-19-related staffing shortages.
ONN Daily: Friday, Jan. 13, 2022
January 14, 2022 21:30 - 7 minutes - 6.78 MBOhio Supreme Court strikes down recently-drawn congressional district map as "unconstitutionally gerrymandered" in favor of Republican candidates just days after doing the same to the state's legislative district map; bill that would place new voting restrictions on Ohioans will not be ready in time for spring primaries; western Ohio woman among members of the Oath Keepers group charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with failed insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last January.
ONN Daily: Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022
January 12, 2022 21:30 - 6 minutes - 6.25 MBOhio Supreme Court sends legislative, congressional maps drafted by Republican lawmakers back to the drawing board, declaring them unconstitutionally gerrymandered; Ohio congresswoman who is head of Congressional Black Caucus appears with President Joe Biden to push for federal voting rights act; health leaders around Ohio say they're seeing COVID-19 cases spike across the board as Omicron surges.
ONN Daily: Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022
January 11, 2022 21:30 - 9 minutes - 8.23 MBOhio Dept. of Health says trends in new COVID-19 cases indicate the Omicron surge could soon plateau; DNA testing shows bone recovered from Ohio River is that of a woman who went missing with her two children in 2002; two suspects from Swanton, near Toledo, accepted plea deals Monday in connection with their roles in the U.S. Capitol riots in January 2021.
ONN Daily: Monday, Jan. 10, 2022
January 10, 2022 21:30 - 6 minutes - 6.13 MBRestaurant industry continues to struggle as Ohio closes in on two years of the COVID-19 pandemic; City of Cincinnati among Ohio cities stepping up testing efforts for the coronavirus; classes resumes at colleges and universities around the state, with some beginning the semester virtually and some in-person.
ONN Daily: Friday, Jan. 7, 2022
January 07, 2022 21:30 - 6 minutes - 6.3 MBOhio Attorney General Dave Yost among GOP attorneys general taking part in the case challenging President Joe Biden's federal worker vaccine mandate heard before the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday morning; Ohio National Guard continues to deploy members to help hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19 surge, but only 56 percent of Guard members are vaccinated; health officials encourage parents to get eligible children vaccinated as cases spike among Ohio youth.
ONN Daily: Monday, Jan. 6, 2022
January 06, 2022 21:30 - 6 minutes - 6.33 MBOhio Sen. Sherrod Brown recalls where he was one year ago today, when pro-Trump extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election; 38 Ohioans are among the 725+ suspects arrested in connection with the failed insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, last January; COVID-19 cases beginning to plateau, statewide, but northeast Ohio continues to be the location of the most new infections.
ONN Daily: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022
January 05, 2022 21:30 - 8 minutes - 7.55 MBHealthcare workers describe heartbreaking scenes as hospitals overflow with COVID-19 patients; Democratic candidates for governor announce their respective running mates in the upcoming governor's race within hours of one another; Toledo Public Schools move to remote learning for the rest of the week as officials there and around the state deal with skyrocketing infection rates among students and staff.
ONN Daily: Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022
January 04, 2022 21:30 - 5 minutes - 4.91 MBOhio's hospitals issue plea to governor, school districts to require masking of school children as child COVID-19 cases skyrocket; Ohio's Republican U.S. senator, Rob Portman, says he is quarantining after a positive COVID-19 test; more than 6,000 Ohioans are hospitalized with COVID-19, the highest the state has seen.
ONN Daily: Monday, Jan. 3, 2022
January 03, 2022 21:30 - 7 minutes - 7.01 MBOhio enters 2022 with a record-high number of new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations; school districts around the state struggle with how best to keep children safe as Omicron-variant cases surge among young Ohioans; charges leveled in connection with slaying of Cleveland Police officer during a carjacking on New Year's Eve.
ONN Daily: Friday, Dec. 31, 2021
December 31, 2021 21:02 - 5 minutes - 2.41 MBOhio sets yet another record for COVID-19 hospitalizations; state troopers hit the highways to keep holiday travel in order; actress Betty White, who was a supporter of the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, has died at the age of 99; the annual Walleye Drop takes place tonight in Port Clinton.
ONN Daily: Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021
December 30, 2021 21:33 - 7 minutes - 3.37 MBCOVID-19 hospitalizations keep climbing as more National Guard troops are deployed; Governor Mike DeWine issues advice for school districts resuming classes in the new year; minimum wage earners will get a raise on Saturday; a student files a lawsuit against his school district in a case involving a pizza.
ONN Daily: Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021
December 29, 2021 20:48 - 8 minutes - 3.67 MBRecord COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue in Ohio; a 16-year old Columbus girl is dead - reportedly shot by her father after a home security alarm went off; a skier with roots in Cleveland has been missing on a snowy California mountain since Christmas Day; the Bearcats and Buckeyes prepare for their next football games.
ONN Daily: Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021
December 28, 2021 21:13 - 7 minutes - 3.31 MBThe Ohio National Guard is helping hospitals out as they struggle with more Covid-19 patients and fewer staff members; Columbus nears its 200th homicide of the year; the Toledo area experiences a number of house fires in recent days; four Buckeyes say they won't play in Saturday's Rose Bowl against Utah.
ONN Daily: Monday, Dec. 27, 2021
December 27, 2021 20:55 - 7 minutes - 3.2 MBOhio hospitalizations from Covid-19 exceed 5,000 for the first time this year; Cleveland hospitals brace for a difficult January; Columbus nears its record 200th homicide of the year; the Cincinnati Bengals take control of the AFC North.
ONN Daily: Friday, Dec. 24, 2021
December 24, 2021 21:30 - 4 minutes - 4.14 MBOhio Department of Health reports nearly 16,000 new COVID-19 cases for Thursday, setting a single-day record for the third time this week; many Ohioans having to alter or cancel holiday plans at the last minute as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads more quickly than ever before.
ONN Daily: Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021
December 23, 2021 21:30 - 5 minutes - 5.3 MBFor the second time this week, Ohio sets a single-day record for new COVID-19 cases with 12,864; first responders also being hit hard by surge in new coronavirus infections, hospitalizations; authorities say a family of four is dead in a suspected murder-suicide in the central Ohio community of Lithopolis.
ONN Daily: Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021
December 21, 2021 21:30 - 5 minutes - 5.23 MBHospital systems in Columbus give first-hand accounts of how healthcare workers are struggling to keep up with surge in preventable COVID-19 hospitalizations; Congressman Tim Ryan says WVa Sen. Joe Manchin is squandering a historical opportunity to help the middle class by opposing Pres. Joe Biden's 'Build Back Better' proposal; several hurt in shooting at a Toledo funeral being held for a victim of gun violence.
ONN Daily: Monday, Dec. 20, 2021
December 20, 2021 21:30 - 7 minutes - 7 MBOhio-based missionaries return home after successfully plotting their own escape from captivity in Haiti, last week; Gov. Mike Dewine announces he will call upon 1,000 Ohio National Guard members to help remedy staffing issues at hospitals around Ohio, amid a new COVID-19 surge; Columbus-based football academy is the target of a scathing report by the Ohio Department of Education that calls for Attorney General investigation.
ONN Daily: Friday, Dec. 17, 2021
December 17, 2021 21:30 - 5 minutes - 4.72 MBOhio officials warn that healthcare staffing, skyrocketing COVID-19 cases creating serious issues in hospitals around the state; officials from Ohio chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations says fired state director had been working with anti-Muslim hate group since 2008; Cleveland-area Democrat announces run for Ohio Attorney General.
ONN Daily: Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021
December 16, 2021 21:30 - 5 minutes - 5.27 MBRemaining Ohio-based missionaries released after nearly two months in captivity in Haiti; former Buckeyes Head Coach Urban Meyer fired from coaching job with Jacksonville Jaguars after eight months on the job; slew of bills moving through the Ohio Statehouse before holiday break would allow concealed carry without a license, eliminate abortion access through much of the state, widen access to medical marijuana.
ONN Daily: Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021
December 15, 2021 21:30 - 6 minutes - 5.84 MBOhio chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations fires executive director after investigation finds he worked for years with anti-Muslim hate group; telethon raises more than $3 million for those affected by Kentucky tornadoes, boosted by donation from OSU basketball coach; Ohio Task Force One aids in search-and-rescue effort in Kentucky after weekend tornadoes.
ONN Daily: Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021
December 14, 2021 20:25 - 6 minutes - 2.83 MBA doctor from the Cleveland Clinic weighs in on the Omicron variant; Governor DeWine is ready to sign a bill legalizing sports betting in the state; the Columbus Zoo fails to regain accreditation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums; eight players for the Cleveland Browns go on the NFL's reserve/COVID-19 list.
ONN Daily: Monday, Dec. 13, 2021
December 13, 2021 21:25 - 7 minutes - 3.36 MBThe Omicron variant has arrived in Ohio; the state's elite search and rescue team is helping tornado victims in Kentucky; an earthquake strikes in Southern Ohio; the Fulton County Humane Society gets a "Christmas miracle."
ONN Daily: Friday, Dec. 10, 2021
December 10, 2021 21:58 - 6 minutes - 3.05 MBDeaths and hospitalizations from COVID-19 are increasing, but so are vaccinations; Toledo's record number of homicides continues to climb; severe storms and high winds are expected overnight across Ohio; a little league team from Hamilton is honored at the Ohio Statehouse.
ONN Daily: Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021
December 09, 2021 19:47 - 6 minutes - 2.9 MBCOVID-19 continues to escalate in Ohio; legislation to legalize and regulate sports betting in Ohio heads to Governor Mike DeWine's desk while questions come from some about its constitutionality; police in Columbus are searching for suspects responsible for killing a man and two children Tuesday night; Ohio's deer-gun season finished ahead of recent averages.
ONN Daily: Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021
December 08, 2021 21:30 - 6 minutes - 5.91 MBOhio Supreme Court begins hearing arguments about the constitutionality of legislative, congressional maps gerrymandered by Republicans in the Ohio Statehouse; two small children and a young man gunned down in shooting in southeast Columbus, last night; Ohio Hospital Association warns that a third of all hospitalizations, statewide, are now linked to COVID-19.
ONN Daily: Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021
December 07, 2021 21:30 - 4 minutes - 4.54 MBSuspect arrested in connection with hit-and-run near Mansfield that left teenager dead; information still sparse on the release in Haiti of three more hostages with ties to Ohio-based missionary group; major central Ohio hospital system implements pause on vaccine mandate, citing "regulatory and legislative issues."
ONN Daily: Monday, Dec. 6, 2021
December 06, 2021 21:30 - 6 minutes - 5.64 MBThree more missionaries with ties to a northeast Ohio religious group were released from the custody of a Haitian gang, but 12 more remain hostages; Gov. Mike Dewine among those memorializing former senator and GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole, who died on Sunday; State Patrol looking for culprit in hit-and-run in Richland County that left one teenager dead.