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Lawyers for one of the Wagners charged in Pike County want his murder charges dropped; three of every four Covid-related deaths in Ohio have been in residents at least 70 years of age; students and parents are concerned about increasing violence near the Ohio State University campus in Columbus; the Cleveland Indians play their final home game.

Gov. Mike Dewine announces new incentives to encourage younger Ohioans to get vaccinated; hospital leaders tell Dewine that COVID-19 is straining the state's healthcare systems like never before; victims of Dr. Richard Strauss 'angry' at judge's dismissal of their civil suit; ACLU-led voter rights groups sue over gerrymandered legislative maps passed by Republican-dominated commission, last week.

Ohio Republicans preview bill that would prohibit mask and vaccines mandates in almost every case, statewide; legal experts say GOP anti-mandate proposal likely wouldn't have legs, since federal law supersedes state law; federal judge dismisses latest lawsuit over Richard Strauss sexual abuse, citing the statute of limitations.

Ohio health officials say more than 30,000 school-aged children have come down with COVID-19 in the state since school began; school boards around Ohio report receiving threats related to mask mandates; report shows Ohio's deadliest stretch of highway is on I-71 corridor in Columbus.

Major health systems in Ohio say combination of increased gun violence, spiking COVID-19 cases mean they must change workflow in emergency departments to keep up; Congressmen Tim Ryan, Bob Latta says they have tested positive for breakthrough cases of COVID-19 but have mild symptoms; more than 21,000 have died from coronavirus complications in Ohio since pandemic began.

Grandson of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson shot to death on city's east side on Sunday night; State Sen. Matt Dolan suggests he will join crowded race for U.S. Senate seat, next year; federal authorities are investigating second fatal place crash from one northeast Ohio municipal airport in the past month.

Hospital CEO's in central Ohio issue warning that resources are strained as health care systems combat COVID-19's Delta variant; Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joins other Republican AG's in threatening lawsuit over President Joe Biden's vaccination and testing mandate; Athens County Sheriff says disturbance at Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail on Thursday is under investigation.

Republican members of redistricting committee push through last-minute vote to approve new voting district map, over objections of Democratic lawmakers and voter rights advocates; members of redistricting commission, including several Republicans, fear map may face legal challenge over its constitutionality; Ohio Department of Health director points to ICU's around the state overwhelmed by COVID-19 to urge the unvaccinated to get the shot; Toledo Public Schools say that, in the three weeks since school started, four guns have been confiscated from students on school property.