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Black Friday doesn't begin as early, this year, as it has for many retailers in previous years, but turn-out for the holiday shopping day expected to be strong; former Ohio Congressman Pat Tiberi says he's worried about the future of the Republican Party that he once represented; Lima will soon swear in the city's first female and first black mayor.

COVID-19 cases in northwestern Ohio considered the highest-increasing, in the state; lawsuit filed at the Ohio Supreme Court calls Ohio's newly-passed congressional map unconstitutional, alleges Republican gerrymandering; Gov. Mike Dewine defends signing of map, saying the map produces the most competitive districts.

Five killed in Geauga County crash involving flat-bed semi, Cuyahoga County Board of DD van; risk of coronavirus, influenza infections increased as Thanksgiving holiday approaches; parade crash in Wisconsin has local safety officials re-thinking their event safety plans.

Two of 17 missionaries from an Ohio-based group freed after more than a month in captivity in Haiti; Gov. Mike Dewine signs gerrymandered congressional map despite public outcry over election boundaries; bill headed to President Joe Biden's desk would award fallen Ohio Navy corpsman with Congressional Gold Medal.

Ohio House and Senate push through congressional map that gives Republican candidates a 13-to-2 advantage in elections, Gov. Mike Dewine under public pressure to veto it; GOP lawmakers take aim at coronavirus vaccine mandates with new bill expanding exemptions; Republican lawmakers approve two bills that would loosen gun restrictions in schools and remove license requirement for concealed carry.

Debate over GOP-drawn congressional map continues at Ohio Statehouse; Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer died suddenly at the age of 65 on Tuesday; AAA says holiday travel expected to rebound to near pre-pandemic levels; Ohio Department of Health reports worrisome trend of increasing COVID-19 cases only continuing, around the state.

President Joe Biden's new infrastructure law expected to bring more than $10 billion in investments to Ohio; Ohio's GOP senator, Rob Portman, was instrumental in crafting the bill with the White House; a federal trial in which two Ohio counties sued pharmacies over their role in the opioid crisis is garnering national attention from other municipalities considering legal action.

Northwest Ohio counties seeing the highest incidence of new COVID-19 cases, says the Ohio Department of Health; coronavirus-related hospitalizations skyrocket across the date, increasing eight-fold over the past week; state senator introduces bill that would vastly expand access to medical marijuana as recreational cannabis ballot initiative looms.