Ohio Department of Youth Services

State health officials say the delta variant of the coronavirus is rapidly increasing and is on track to become the dominant strain in Ohio; Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill into law that forbids public schools and colleges from requiring individuals to receive vaccines not granted full approval by the U.S. FDA; the Cleveland Clinic will not be administering a new Alzheimer’s drug for now; and more stories.

Ohio is following federal guidance and resuming use of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine; a spokeswoman for Summit County Public Health says they have at least a couple thousand doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine ready to go; new cases of COVID-19 have been on a downward trend over the past few days and on Sunday the state health department reported under a thousand new cases for the first time in the last three weeks; and more stories.

Ohio leaders are hoping to get some help from a national group to cut down on the number of minors put behind bars. State lawmakers and youth services…

A federal judge has ended a decade of court-ordered oversight of Ohio's juvenile prison system. Ohio Public Radio’s Jo Ingles reports.In 2004, two…