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Controversial comments about sexual assault from an Ohio lawmaker; Governor DeWine announces aid for areas hit by ice storms earlier this year; lawsuit against two popular Ohio amusements parks moves forward; a popular household item is about to disappear forever.

Ohio redistricting lawsuit; law enforcement grants; air fryer recall; Ohio farmers dealing with inflation

COVID cases are rising in Ohio, but hospitalizations remain low; Toledo tries a new strategy to lower homicides; Put-In-Bay is preparing for the busy tourist season; a businessman from Dayton has returned from the International Space Station.

Police in Cleveland are investigating two hit-and-run incidents that killed two young children; Columbus reported eight shootings over the weekend that left five people dead; troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol are reminding motorists that motorcycles are back on the roads with the warmer weather; a study shows Ohioans tend to be heavy on the gas pedal.

Jury finds former Mt. Carmel physician William Husel not guilty of the murder of 14 patients, but Husel still faces civil lawsuits from the patients' families; federal court gives Ohio Redistricting Commission until May 28 to produce a set of legislative maps that comply with Ohio Constitution; Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost warns that a new, more-potent class of opioids called nitazines are replacing fentanyl as the deadliest drug in the state.

Ohio Supreme Court again rejects maps presented by Ohio Redistricting Commission, leaving fate of a second Ohio primary still uncertain; Gov. Mike Dewine tests positive for COVID-19, but is experiencing only minor symptoms; escaped inmates returned to Muskingum County Jail in east-central Ohio after assaulting officer, using keys to flee.

Ohio State reaches two new settlements with victims of abuse by former athletics department physician Richard Strauss; Ohio's unemployment rate remains at historic low, but is still higher than the national rate; Gov. Mike Dewine does not endorse bill that would limit teaching on gender, sex, race, but says parents should decide when and how those subjects are taught.

Ohio Supreme Court rules against gerrymandered maps presented by Ohio Redistricting Commission for a fourth time; Columbus man charged in connection with January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol argues that President Donald Trump ordered the failed insurrection and should take some of the blame; suspect in New York subway shooting reportedly purchased the gun used at a Columbus pawn shop.