ONTARIO — Angela Miller has always tried to make her children’s birthdays memorable. So when her son Braxton Withrow celebrated his 10th birthday last week, she wanted to give him an experience he could cherish forever. “I am a firm believer in memories over gifts and so my kids have always gotten a gift that’s […]
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OSU tests inhaled nitric oxide treatment for COVID-19 patients
COLUMBUS – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is the first health system in Ohio to launch a new clinical trial that uses inhaled nitric oxide to improve coronavirus outcomes and keep COVID-19 patients out of intensive care. Researchers are administering continuously pulsed inhaled nitric oxide via the Bellerophon INOpulse delivery system to prevent […]
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DeWine closes Ohio schools for the remainder of the academic year
COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has closed schools for the remainder of the year after an order issued at Monday’s press conference. “We balanced many issues in arriving at this decision. In the end, I believe this is what is best to protect the health of our children, our teachers, and our administrators,” said […]
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Neither of Mansfield’s 2 state prisons has become a COVID-19 hotspot
MANSFIELD — Neither the Mansfield Correctional Institution nor the Richland Correctional Institution have become hotbeds for COVID-19, according to data from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The state prison system website, updated daily, on Sunday said two staff members and one imate at MANCI had tested positive for coronavirus. An email to MANCI’s […]
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“It literally consumes everything I do”: Ohioans desperate to reach unemployment hotline as calls dropped, claims languish
Marcia Gassaway was in the first wave of Ohioans put out of work by COVID-19. The single mom from Cleveland went to the emergency room on March 15. Due to her coronavirus-like symptoms, doctors ordered that she be quarantined at a special facility. Now, she’s recovering at home with her children, calling the unemployment help […]
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Behind the numbers: How is testing taking place in Ashland County?
ASHLAND — Ashland County has less confirmed cases of COVID-19 than in adjacent counties like Richland and Wayne, where 50 and 72 cases respectively were confirmed as of late Friday afternoon. Ashland County has five confirmed positive cases of COVID-19, which falls better in line with the number of cases reported in Holmes and Knox […]
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COVID-19: DeWine announces phased in re-opening of state economy, beginning May 1
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday said Ohio will phase in the re-opening of the state economy, beginning May 1. The announcement came in his daily briefing on the state’s efforts in the COVID-19 pandemic. “Ohioans have done a great job, a phenomenal job, fighting back, staying home, ensuring physical distancing. We’ve been […]
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Two Mansfield-based nurses head to New York to fight COVID-19
MANHATTAN, N.Y. — It didn’t take too long for Megan Olson and Jill Borowicz to decide to leave for New York City when the COVID-19 pandemic swarmed into the country’s largest city. “It was like, ‘OK, we finished Tiger King (on Netflix). Now what?’”Olson said. The two owners of Lux Life MedSpa in Mansfield, closed their […]
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Hess Industries creates hands-free door handle attachment for hospitals
MANSFIELD — COVID-19 has not stopped the entrepreneurial spirit, despite many Richland County businesses being ordered to close their doors. Mark Hess, of Hess Industries at 108 Sawyer Parkway, and his team have created a new way for doors to open without passing the germs from one’s hands on to the door handle’s surface. “It’s a […]
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New jobless claims in Ohio at 855,197 in the last month due to COVID-19
COLUMBUS — For the week ending April 11, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported 158,678 initial jobless claims to the U.S. Dept. of Labor. The number of initial jobless claims filed in Ohio over the last four weeks stands at 855,197. To put that in perspective, the total for the last four […]