Governor Mike DeWine

The order requires Norfolk Southern to safely remove, transport and dispose of all soil and water contaminated with chemicals released during following the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

If confirmed by the Ohio Senate, Anne Vogel will replace director Laurie Stevenson, who is set to retire at the end of the year.

Gov. Mike DeWine plans to skip the only debate between the GOP candidates this year; Eliza Bryant Village nursing home will close June 8; a judge abruptly ended a hearing when a FirstEnergy attorney refused to name company executives responsible for paying bribes; and more stories.

The party wants documents that show any possible connection between Gov. Mike DeWine's administration and the nuclear bailout bribery scandal.

Nearly 2% of all Ohioans currently have COVID-19; Cleveland’s new mayor has launched COVID-19 task force to address the surge; a federal appeals court has declined to lift a three-state ban on President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors; and more stories.

A religious group based in Holmes County has announced that a violent gang in Haiti has released three more hostages; two Northeast Ohio hospital systems are restricting visitations as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise; a Republican lawmaker is proposing legislation to attract and retain Ohio college students through a series of grants, scholarships and tax breaks; and more stories.

Democrats in the Ohio House want Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) to fire two members of his staff in response to new information to come out related to the nuclear bailout bribery case. But DeWine's office says that's not going to happen.

State employees get Friday off in observance of the new federal Juneteenth holiday; the College of Wooster says it will require all students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before the fall semester; more COVID restrictions and orders end Friday in Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine says the state of emergency, which streamlined the purchasing process for things like PPE, will be lifted, along with more state restrictions on nursing homes and assisted living centers. DeWine says just under 47% of Ohioans are vaccinated. He says that number doesn't include those who were vaccinated in other states, or through the VA.

The legal battle between Summit County Republican Party chair Bryan Williams and Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose is intensifying; Summit County health officials are still working to get a mass vaccination clinic set-up at the county fairgrounds ahead of its tentative Monday opening; the mass vaccination site at the Wolstein Center in downtown Cleveland is getting $8.7 million dollars from The EMA; and more stories.

Akron school officials are looking into whether they can return to in-person classes sooner than planned; a small committee of legislators could overrule the Ohio governor’s health orders under a bill approved Wednesday by the state Senate; a report finds that nearly one out of 10 bills introduced by Ohio lawmakers are criminal justice-related; and more stories.