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Gov. Mike Dewine issues warning to school leaders around Ohio that they must institute mask mandates if they hope to keep COVID-19 at bay; Adena Health System in Chillicothe pausing elective surgeries as hospital is overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases; candidates decided in mayoral primary in Cleveland and Toledo on Tuesday.

Hospitals around Ohio warn that resources are being stretched thin as COVID-19 cases overwhelm ER's and ICU's; Ohio redistricting commission meets one day before the constitutional deadline to approve a new voting district map; Cincinatti City Schools move to require staff be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Gov. Mike Dewine decries the federal vaccination mandate announced by President Joe Biden on Friday; cases stemming from Labor Day festivities play a part in skyrocketing COVID-19 cases; out-of-state man to blame for threats that led to two central Ohio schools closing on Monday.

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base placed under lockdown for four hours after hearing gunshots near the base; Ohio business leaders react to Pres. Biden's vaccine mandate for companies with more than 100 workers; nearly 3,000 flags placed in lawn of Ohio Statehouse to memorialize the lives lost on 9/11.

Ohio health officials sound the alarm as COVID-19 hospitalizations skyrocket, especially among unvaccinated children and pregnant women; Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther says he will sign a mask mandate for all public spaces in Ohio's largest city; coronavirus-related deaths have surpassed 21,000 in Ohio since the pandemic began.

Four dead in Avon Lake, west of Cleveland, on Tuesday in an apparent homicide case; children's hospitals urging parents to get eligible kids vaccinated against the coronavirus as pediatric case skyrocket; Ohio firefighters continue to assist in battling forest fires out west.

Rural counties around Ohio seeing largest spikes in COVID-19 cases; doctors in Ohio are waiting with bated breath to see impact of Labor Day travel on coronavirus cases; remains of Navy corpsman killed in Kabul bombing, last month, are returning to his family in Ohio.

School-aged children now account for more than one-fifth of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, nationwide; school districts around Ohio taking steps to spread the stem of the coronavirus, while teachers' union asks for statewide mask mandate in schools; Ohio State Buckeyes come back from shaky first half to beat Minnesota on the road, 45-to-31.