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Sarah Hackenbracht, President & CEO of the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association, talks to the media about COVID-19 in the Miami Valley. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Ohio’s new COVID-19 cases top 26K Sunday

Freda Levenson, ACLU of Ohio legal director, appears before the Ohio Supreme Court in Columbus, Ohio, during oral arguments in a constitutional challenge to new legislative district maps on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. On Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, the court overturned the maps as unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)

Ohio redistricting commission to meet Tuesday in wake of court rejection

Steven Phillips, 73, from Dayton, received a COVID-19 booster shot at the Dayton Convention Center Wednesday Dec. 8, 2021. Phillips doesn't understand why more people haven't gotten vaccinated. "I can't understand why people are so hesitant when people are dying from (COVID-19) and sick," he said. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Ohio reports over 50K new COVID cases Saturday

$Sinclair Community College graduation was held at the University of Dayton Arena Thursday, May 6, 2021. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Sinclair named a ‘top online college’ by Newsweek

The electronic display shows the team logos over the empty Paul Brown Stadium before an NFL football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Minnesota Vikings, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)

New Cincinnati mayor: Bengals game safe if you are vaccinated, boosted and masked

Pedestrian struck, killed in Butler Twp. identified as Fairborn man

Non-farm Employees-Ohio Metro Areas Nov. 2021

Dayton region job growth lags other Ohio cities

Middletown man sentenced to 25 years for role with Mexican drug cartel

Unemployment rates-Ohio Metro Areas-November 2021

Dayton and Springfield regions had third lowest unemployment rates in Ohio

Mercy Health Cincinnati may delay non-emergency and elective surgeries as cases of COVID-19 spike. A hospital spokeswoman said patients will be contacted on a case-by-case basis. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Mercy Health Cincinnati may postpone some procedures amid COVID-19 surge

A pro-choice rally drew about 100 people to North Main Street in Dayton in 2019. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

If region’s abortion clinics close under new Ohio law, would create ‘abortion desert’

Miami Valley Hospital medical staff work in full PPE gear in a COVID-19 patient room in December. Submitted photo.

Dayton region again breaks COVID hospitalizations record

Pandemic tempers optimism about Dayton region economic prospects in 2022

House for sale in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

Butler County house prices rising fast, but on lower side of nation’s costs

Amy Schneider, an Oakland, California engineering manager with roots in Dayton, is the reigning “Jeopardy!” champion.

‘Jeopardy!’ Notebook: On Day 28, Dayton native becomes millionaire

Amy Schnieder, an Oakland, California engineering manager with roots in Dayton, is the reigning nine-time “Jeopardy” champion. Her current winnings total $342,200.

‘Jeopardy!’ Notebook: On Day 27, Dayton native ekes out another win and praised as ‘the...

University of Cincinnati goes back to having remote classes due to COVID-19 surge

The Chaminade Julienne soccer team practices on the school's Eagle Field next to Roger Glass Stadium. Hundreds of CJ students attend the school with the benefit of EdChoice vouchers from the state. FILE PHOTO

Lawsuit challenges Ohio’s private school voucher system

Rep. Mike Turner,R-Ohio, speaks during the House Armed Services Committee on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Rod Lamkey/Pool via AP)

Dayton congressman appointed to GOP’s top House Intelligence position

A Cincinnati fire truck. WCPO/CONTRIBUTED

Cincinnati mayor declares state of emergency due to low firefighter staffing

A view of the Newport on the Levee, which celebrates 10 years of operation in 2011.

GameWorks at Newport on the Levee has permanently closed

Jared Kastner, left, and Luke Faulkner, right, are accused of unlawfully entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Photo attributed to federal court documents.

Beavercreek man accused of entering U.S. Capitol during Jan. 6 riots

The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.

Audit: Ohio workers comp contractors paid for hours they didn’t work

$The coming new year may see a lull in some of the uproar at area school board meetings over Covid policies and other issues, say education leaders. In this Aug. 12, 2021 file photo, protesters against a COVID-19 mandate gesture as they are escorted out of the Clark County School Board meeting at the Clark County Government Center, in Las Vegas. Similar scenes have played out in some Butler County school districts during a few school board meetings in 2021. (File Photo\Journal-News)$

School board meetings in 2021 were contentious as mask mandates led discussions

$A lone traveler makes her way through the Dayton International Airport Monday, Dec. 20, 2021 United and Delta announced Thursday that they have canceled hundreds of flights, largely due to staffing shortages created by the spread of COVID-19. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Hundreds of Christmas Eve flights canceled due to COVID; What about here?

‘Jeopardy!’ Notebook: Smooth sailing for Dayton native on Day 17

Law could close local abortion clinic; backers fight to protect access

Airmen assemble syringes for use in distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine inside the pharmacy area of community vaccination center at Ford Field in Detroit on May 3. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/WESLEY FARNSWORTH

Air Force denies 2,100 vaccine exemption requests

‘Jeopardy!’ Notebook: Dayton native continues reign on Day 15

29 years after southwest Ohio Christmas murder spree: ‘It will never be forgotten’