WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans remain overwhelmingly in favor of stay-at-home orders and other efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a new survey finds, even as small pockets of attention-grabbing protests demanding the lifting of such restrictions emerge nationwide. The survey from ...
CINCINNATI — Voter participation in Ohio's coronavirus-extended primary election is on a slow pace, but the state's election chief said Wednesday there have been no major problems so far with less than a week to go. Numbers released Tuesday by the secretary of state, Republican Frank ...
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday announced an easing up on the prohibition of elective surgeries during the coronavirus pandemic. DeWine said that doctors can now review postponed procedures and surgeries with patients in terms of their current health situation and quality of life, after which doctors and patients can make a joint decision about whether to proceed. DeWine said patients must be informed of the risk of contracting COVID-19, and must also be told of the impact of contracting the illness during the post-operative recovery process. "I've heard stories ...
STEUBENVILLE — Routine business dominated the agenda Tuesday as City Council convened its third call-in meeting since Gov Mike DeWine ordered Ohioans to stay at home. Passing on third reading was an ordinance authorizing payment of invoices for $3,000 or more without a purchase order to ...
STEUBENVILLE — What does a potential reopening look like locally? The Jefferson County Board of Health began discussing that question at its monthly meeting Tuesday morning. According to county Health Commissioner Nicole Balakos, the state’s plan is to begin the reopening process on May ...
STEUBENVILLE — In response to the unprecedented economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Franciscan University of Steubenville will cover the remainder of tuition costs, after scholarships and grants have been applied, for the fall semester for all incoming full-time undergraduate students enrolled in its on-campus programs. The president and members of the school’s board of trustees unanimously approved Step in Faith, a COVID-19 response plan, during a meeting held Saturday. “As a university, we feel called by God to ease the burden for students, so they can experience the ...
