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Joe Biden (D) and President Trump are statistically tied in Ohio, a Quinnipiac Poll released Wednesday revealed.

Columbus State Community College announced this week that they will remove a statue of Christopher Columbus from campus grounds. One college official said in a statement that the statue was “not consistent” with the community college’s values.

Joey Wittkugle will turn 62 on June 29 — doctors said he would never live past 11.

An Ohio barbecue restaurant located just across the border from Pennsylvania trolled Gov. Tom Wolf, naming him the restaurant’s “employee of the month” for bringing so much business to the place over the past few weeks.

Director of Ohio’s Department of Health Dr. Amy Acton resigned on Thursday in the wake of the state’s Chinese coronavirus controversy.

As students across the United States begin to return to school, some schools are requiring students to wear tracking beacons to prevent the spread of the Chinese virus.

All 99 people arrested at the Cleveland riot Saturday in the aftermath of a demonstration protesting the death of George Floyd were from Ohio, according to records released by the Cleveland Police Department on Tuesday, but some of the arrested gave fake addresses.

An Ohio animal hospital is seeking to help police horses injured during the riots that took place across the country this weekend — free of charge.

A Cleveland business owner whose cupcake shop got destroyed on Saturday night by rioters said that during the Chinese virus pandemic, she couldn’t have imagined her business getting “hit worse than ever.”

An Ohio veteran is having an extra celebration this Memorial Day weekend as he will finally be graduating from high school at the age of 91.

An Ohio judge deemed the state’s lockdown in response to the Chinese coronavirus illegal, and stated that the state’s top health director “acted in an impermissibly arbitrary, unreasonable, and oppressive manner.”

Lordstown, Ohio — abandoned by General Motors (GM) last year — will soon get about 600 American jobs to produce electric pickup trucks for the Lordstown Motors company. 

Gyms in Ohio can now reopen without fear of retaliation from the state thanks to an Ohio judge, who said that the state’s Health Director Dr. Amy Acton has acted “in an impermissibly arbitrary, unreasonable, and oppressive manner.”

Restaurant patios in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, seemed to return to normal over the weekend, following the state’s lockdown in response to the Chinese coronavirus being lifted on Friday.

The FBI announced on Thursday that it has arrested Dr. Qing Wang, a longtime employee of the famed Cleveland Clinic, on charges of fraud for accepting grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) without disclosing that he was simultaneously working for a Chinese university. 

The student government advisor at Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio, warned the school’s student body president, a member of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), that his conservative social media posts could put him “in this little box” and cause others to “cast judgment” on him, as well as burden his fellow student government members with having to answer for his opinions.

President Trump is leading Joe Biden (D) in the swing state Ohio as well as Texas — which Democrats hope to turn blue — according to an Emerson College poll released Tuesday.

Bars and restaurants in Ohio will be permitted to reopen this month in two phases, Gov. Mike DeWine (R) announced on Thursday.

An Ohio woman is accused of calling 911 repeatedly to ask for assistance in extinguishing a fire in her crotch.

The University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, has announced that it will cut more than half of its colleges in a cost-saving initiative resulting from the Chinese virus pandemic. The University has not announced which of its colleges will get the ax yet.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) has announced that the state will cut spending by $775 million over the next two months, and that $110 million of that reduction will be coming from Ohio’s public colleges and universities.

Ohio University laid off three professors from the gender and race studies departments this week in response to financial burdens imposed by the Chinese virus pandemic. Ohio University also fired 140 unionized employees who worked in the university’s custodial, groundskeeping, and maintenance departments.

A Republican Ohio state legislator said he would not wear a mask as recommended by Gov. Mike DeWine to limit the spread of coronavirus, saying that his religious beliefs state that faces are the “likeness of God.”

Former Vice President Joe Biden holds the slightest of leads over President Donald Trump in Ohio, according to a poll released on Monday that was conducted by Baldwin Wallace, Ohio Northern, and Oakland (Michigan) Universities.

Ohio governor Mike DeWine is starting the first phase of reopening his state during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. Phase one will begin in the coming days and will be finalized by May 12.

A 100-year-old World War II veteran had planned to celebrate his birthday with a party, but when coronavirus altered his plans, the community stepped in to help.

A food distribution site at Wright State University’s Nutter Center served 1,400 families on Tuesday as millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet as result of the economic shutdowns across the country.

Franciscan University of Steubenville in Steubenville, Ohio announced on Tuesday that it will be covering 100 percent of tuition costs for new students enrolling for the fall 2020 semester.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) elaborated on his plans to “start easing out” restrictions in his state on May 1 by stating that hospitals will be allowed to start doing some procedures and

Protestors gathered at Ohio’s state capital in Columbus on Saturday calling for the coronavirus lockdown to end so people can get back to work.

A furloughed Ohioan attending an “Open Our Ohio” protest at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Saturday told Breitbart News that the “cure is going to be worse than the disease” if people are not able to go back to work.

An Ohio reisdent said that Gov. Mike DeWine’s (R-OH) stay-at-home order amounts to “economic suicide” in response to the coronavirus.

Citizens will be converging on the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Saturday to demand Gov. Mike DeWine reopen the state for business. The latest in a series of “Open Our Ohio” rallies, hundreds are expected to turn out. (All photos,

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) announced Thursday that the state will begin to re-open on May 1, the same day its stay-at-home order prompted by the Chinese coronavirus pandemic is scheduled to expire.

A large number of protesters gathered outside the Ohio Statehouse again on Monday to make their voices heard during the press conference held by Gov. Mike DeWine, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, and Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton.

An Ohio business owner saw that hospitals are struggling to keep up with the demand for personal protective equipment and came up with the solution of partnering with the local Amish community.