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Scioto, Lawrence, Fayette, Pike and Brown counties - all in southern Ohio - now have the highest incidence of new COVID-19 cases in the state; Department of Health says change in contact tracing rules for schools changed because all students are being exposed to Omicron variant just by being in school; Ohio Redistricting Commission running out of time to present constitutional legislative maps to Ohio Supreme Court.

Ohio Department of Health says new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations show a promising trend in the direction of the coronavirus pandemic; voting rights groups issue official challenge to redrawn legislative maps, saying the result is still unconstitutionally gerrymandered; criminal trial related to Ohio's largest-ever political corruption scandal likely to take six weeks, but start date still uncertain.

Southern Ohio now considered one of the hotspots for new COVID-19 cases, as numbers dip in previously hard-hit areas of the state; Ohio National Guard members relocating around the state to meet the need in areas seeing more cases; Ohio State announcing moves to align future graduates with opportunities that will arise from the construction of a massive microchip manufacturing operation by Intel in central Ohio.

Republican members of Ohio Redistricting Commission approve new legislative map along party lines, submit for Ohio Supreme Court approval; National Guard members leave University Hospitals in Cleveland as Omicron variant cases begin to level out in what as once the hardest-hit part of the state; three killed in fire in Ohio River town of Ripley, including a 4-year-old girl.

Intel announces it will make $20 billion investment in microchip manufacturing facility in Columbus suburb of New Albany; President Joe Biden hails Intel announcement as a victory for American workforce and proof of strength in Midwestern manufacturing; state health leaders say COVID-19 cases leveling out in some parts of state; but warn pandemic is not yet over.

Franklin County prosecutors drop half of the charges against former Columbus-area doctor accused of administering fatal doses of fentanyl to terminally-ill patients, saying they want to streamline the impending case; Ohio health officials report that new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations trending downward statewide; Ohio Sen. Rob Portman rebuts President Joe Biden's comments on tensions in the Ukraine.

Ohio Redistricting Commission under strict deadlines as it begins re-drawing legislative and congressional maps recently deemed to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered in favor of Republicans; Columbus City Schools officials in public dispute with teachers' union over how to keep students and staff safe amid surge in COVID-19 cases; State Patrol announces drug bust that netted $60,000 worth of fentanyl in Scioto County.

Ohio blanketed in snowfall overnight, with some parts of the state getting upwards of 10 inches; ODOT says plow drivers in short supply, meaning many will work 12-hour shifts; school districts across Ohio changing plans to deal with COVID-19-related staffing shortages.