COLUMBUS – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is the first health system in Ohio to launch a new clinical trial that uses inhaled nitric oxide to improve coronavirus […]
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DeWine closes Ohio schools for the remainder of the academic year
COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has closed schools for the remainder of the year after an order issued at Monday’s press conference. “We balanced many issues in arriving at […]
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Neither of Mansfield’s 2 state prisons has become a COVID-19 hotspot
MANSFIELD — Neither the Mansfield Correctional Institution nor the Richland Correctional Institution have become hotbeds for COVID-19, according to data from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The state […]
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“It literally consumes everything I do”: Ohioans desperate to reach unemployment hotline as calls dropped, claims languish
Marcia Gassaway was in the first wave of Ohioans put out of work by COVID-19. The single mom from Cleveland went to the emergency room on March 15. Due to […]
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Behind the numbers: How is testing taking place in Ashland County?
ASHLAND — Ashland County has less confirmed cases of COVID-19 than in adjacent counties like Richland and Wayne, where 50 and 72 cases respectively were confirmed as of late Friday […]
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COVID-19: DeWine announces phased in re-opening of state economy, beginning May 1
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday said Ohio will phase in the re-opening of the state economy, beginning May 1. The announcement came in his daily briefing on […]
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Two Mansfield-based nurses head to New York to fight COVID-19
MANHATTAN, N.Y. — It didn’t take too long for Megan Olson and Jill Borowicz to decide to leave for New York City when the COVID-19 pandemic swarmed into the country’s […]
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Hess Industries creates hands-free door handle attachment for hospitals
MANSFIELD — COVID-19 has not stopped the entrepreneurial spirit, despite many Richland County businesses being ordered to close their doors. Mark Hess, of Hess Industries at 108 Sawyer Parkway, and his […]
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New jobless claims in Ohio at 855,197 in the last month due to COVID-19
COLUMBUS — For the week ending April 11, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported 158,678 initial jobless claims to the U.S. Dept. of Labor. The number of […]
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SSI income recipients to receive automatic COVID-19 economic impact payments
MANSFIELD — The Social Security Administration announced Wednesday that Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will receive automatic economic impact payments directly from the Treasury Department. Treasury officials anticipates these automatic […]