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Ohio enters 2022 with a record-high number of new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations; school districts around the state struggle with how best to keep children safe as Omicron-variant cases surge among young Ohioans; charges leveled in connection with slaying of Cleveland Police officer during a carjacking on New Year's Eve.

Ohio sets yet another record for COVID-19 hospitalizations; state troopers hit the highways to keep holiday travel in order; actress Betty White, who was a supporter of the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, has died at the age of 99; the annual Walleye Drop takes place tonight in Port Clinton.

COVID-19 hospitalizations keep climbing as more National Guard troops are deployed; Governor Mike DeWine issues advice for school districts resuming classes in the new year; minimum wage earners will get a raise on Saturday; a student files a lawsuit against his school district in a case involving a pizza.

Record COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue in Ohio; a 16-year old Columbus girl is dead - reportedly shot by her father after a home security alarm went off; a skier with roots in Cleveland has been missing on a snowy California mountain since Christmas Day; the Bearcats and Buckeyes prepare for their next football games.

The Ohio National Guard is helping hospitals out as they struggle with more Covid-19 patients and fewer staff members; Columbus nears its 200th homicide of the year; the Toledo area experiences a number of house fires in recent days; four Buckeyes say they won't play in Saturday's Rose Bowl against Utah.

Ohio hospitalizations from Covid-19 exceed 5,000 for the first time this year; Cleveland hospitals brace for a difficult January; Columbus nears its record 200th homicide of the year; the Cincinnati Bengals take control of the AFC North.

Ohio Department of Health reports nearly 16,000 new COVID-19 cases for Thursday, setting a single-day record for the third time this week; many Ohioans having to alter or cancel holiday plans at the last minute as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads more quickly than ever before.

For the second time this week, Ohio sets a single-day record for new COVID-19 cases with 12,864; first responders also being hit hard by surge in new coronavirus infections, hospitalizations; authorities say a family of four is dead in a suspected murder-suicide in the central Ohio community of Lithopolis.