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Ohio Department of Health address issues over limited vaccination appointments for seniors around the state; residents of five northeast Ohio nursing homes will have to receive first vaccine doses again after Walgreens uses vaccines not stored properly; business community hails Gov. Dewine's budget proposal for $1 billion investment in the state, largely businesses; Ohio's attorney general announces new database to allow the tracking of stolen guns.

Gov. Mike Dewine lays out budget proposal that would levy no new taxes but invest $1 billion in Ohio's economy; Ohio's teachers began receiving their coronavirus vaccines on Monday as health officials urged educators to get the shots ASAP; Gov. Dewine and First Lady Fran Dewine receive their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine Tuesday morning; Buckeye Chuck does not sees shadow, predicting winter will soon end.

Gov. Mike Dewine releases second budget proposal of his governorship, first dealing with effects of COVID-19 pandemic; Sen. Rob Portman among 10 GOP senators meeting with President Joe Biden over coronavirus relief package; state's largest school district, Columbus City Schools, returns to in-person learning; Ohio's largest teachers unions urge educators to take coronavirus vaccine as soon as they're able.

Gov. Mike Dewine announces that schools must agree to a March 1 date for returning to in-person learning in order to begin receiving coronavirus vaccines for teachers; Dewine says private sector will take over state's overwhelmed unemployment system to help get people their jobless benefits; amid historic number of homicides, growing tensions between police and community, Columbus Police chief is asked to resign; small Ohio community of Woodstock rocked by arrests of two key conspirators in failed insurrection at U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Gov. Mike Dewine shifts statewide curfew back by one hour, due to decreasing number of COVID-19 hospitalizations; restaurant industry says curfew presents unequal burden to their industry, should be lifted; Ohio State physicians say small percentage of people receiving second vaccine dose experience COVID-like symptoms; some Ohio National Guard members to remain in Washington D.C. as threat to U.S. Capitol from domestic terror groups continues.

Gov. Mike Dewine says state will consider hospitalizations first and foremost, when deciding whether or not to alter the 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew; restaurant industry in Ohio welcomes rolling back curfew as soon as possible; Ohio lays out plan to vaccinate teachers, says efforts will begin next week.

Rollout of coronavirus vaccination plan Phase 1-B began yesterday, with state officials urging those seeking shots to make appointments ASAP; Sen. Rob Portman's announcement that he won't seek re-election in 2022 fuels speculation for a crowded primary field; murder suspect shoots three more people, leads authorities on high-speed chase near Columbus that comes to an explosive end when rounds of ammunition go off in fiery wreckage of suspect's crashed vehicle.

Ohio Sen. Rob Portman says he will not run for re-election in 2022, citing "partisan deadlock" in Washington; U.S. Army veteran announces he will challenge GOP Congressman Jim Jordan in mid-term election; Gov. Mike Dewine announces $390 million in across-the-board budget cuts, due to impact of COVID-19 pandemic; COVID-19 vaccines now available to Ohioans 75 and older, those with congenital and developmental disorders.