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Ohio Supreme Court strikes down recently-drawn congressional district map as "unconstitutionally gerrymandered" in favor of Republican candidates just days after doing the same to the state's legislative district map; bill that would place new voting restrictions on Ohioans will not be ready in time for spring primaries; western Ohio woman among members of the Oath Keepers group charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with failed insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last January.

Ohio Supreme Court sends legislative, congressional maps drafted by Republican lawmakers back to the drawing board, declaring them unconstitutionally gerrymandered; Ohio congresswoman who is head of Congressional Black Caucus appears with President Joe Biden to push for federal voting rights act; health leaders around Ohio say they're seeing COVID-19 cases spike across the board as Omicron surges.

Ohio Dept. of Health says trends in new COVID-19 cases indicate the Omicron surge could soon plateau; DNA testing shows bone recovered from Ohio River is that of a woman who went missing with her two children in 2002; two suspects from Swanton, near Toledo, accepted plea deals Monday in connection with their roles in the U.S. Capitol riots in January 2021.

Restaurant industry continues to struggle as Ohio closes in on two years of the COVID-19 pandemic; City of Cincinnati among Ohio cities stepping up testing efforts for the coronavirus; classes resumes at colleges and universities around the state, with some beginning the semester virtually and some in-person.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost among GOP attorneys general taking part in the case challenging President Joe Biden's federal worker vaccine mandate heard before the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday morning; Ohio National Guard continues to deploy members to help hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19 surge, but only 56 percent of Guard members are vaccinated; health officials encourage parents to get eligible children vaccinated as cases spike among Ohio youth.

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown recalls where he was one year ago today, when pro-Trump extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election; 38 Ohioans are among the 725+ suspects arrested in connection with the failed insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, last January; COVID-19 cases beginning to plateau, statewide, but northeast Ohio continues to be the location of the most new infections.

Healthcare workers describe heartbreaking scenes as hospitals overflow with COVID-19 patients; Democratic candidates for governor announce their respective running mates in the upcoming governor's race within hours of one another; Toledo Public Schools move to remote learning for the rest of the week as officials there and around the state deal with skyrocketing infection rates among students and staff.

Ohio's hospitals issue plea to governor, school districts to require masking of school children as child COVID-19 cases skyrocket; Ohio's Republican U.S. senator, Rob Portman, says he is quarantining after a positive COVID-19 test; more than 6,000 Ohioans are hospitalized with COVID-19, the highest the state has seen.