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After failing to present constitutional legislative maps for a third time, Gov. Mike Dewine suggests Ohio Redistricting Commission should pass off its duties to private map-drawers; Ohio Secretary of State Frank Larose says holding a full May primary is now impossible; Ohioans connected at Ukrainian refugee summit in Parma on Thursday, bringing together resettlement agencies, faith-based organizations and non-profits.

Ohio Supreme Court again strikes down gerrymandered legislative maps approved by Republicans on Redistricting Commission; U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, who was once the state's elections chief, says it's clear Republicans aren't interested in fair elections; Ohio lawmakers praise Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following his address to a joint session of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday.

Gov. Mike Dewine signs bill into law that would allow any Ohioan to carry a concealed weapon without a permit and without training; Ohio elections officials eagerly await Ohio Supreme Court decision on latest set of re-drawn legislative and congressional maps; Cleveland doctor shares story after traveling to the Ukraine-Poland border to provide humanitarian aid to Ukrainian defense forces.

Republican Sen. Rob Portman among bipartisan group visiting eastern Europe as War in Ukraine continues; Ohio Department of Health to begin updating COVID-19 case data on a weekly basis; influenza cases up after a couple of quiet years in the Buckeye State.

An officer-involved shooting occurred on I-71 north of Columbus this morning; Governor Mike DeWine says he will not debate his fellow Republican candidates before the primary election; schools are having to absorb added costs with the sharp increase in diesel fuel; the labor agreement in baseball means a revamped schedule, and now the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Guardians will clash in the Great American Ball Park's Opening Day.

Ohio appears to turn a corner in the pandemic; U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) weighs in on the situation in Ukraine; food banks say the high gas prices will send more people to them for help - something they say they also need; Sandusky County's sheriff says he needs a new jail.