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As COVID-19 case counts start to inch up, Gov. Mike DeWine is working to build a sense of urgency around COVID vaccinations. His statewide clinic tour came to Columbus on Monday, dropping in on Ohio State’s program at the Schottenstein Center.

Tuesday morning, a dozen staffers at the Bogey Inn were busy dragging around tables and chairs, setting up cash registers, and making other last minute preparations on the bar’s sprawling backyard.

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio is seeking an independent company to conduct an audit of two coal plants owned by the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation, or OVEC. The plants receive hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies from Ohio ratepayers.

The Columbus Division on Police on Saturday hosts a virtual recruiting event that comes amid a drop in applications and a wave of retirements by existing officers.

The operation which occurred in Ohio last week resulted in the arrest of 161 men, three of whom were attempting to buy sex from someone they believed to be a minor.

The bill is officially on hold, for now.

COVID-19 cases are increasing, and the Ohio counties seeing the biggest increase are the ones with the lowest vaccination rate, Gov. Mike DeWine said in a Friday morning press conference.

Ohio ranks second in the country for the number of lead service lines that need to be replaced. Cincinnati has nearly 40,000 private lead lines at risk of contaminating drinking water.

Both Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic nominee Beto O'Rourke easily won their primaries. Texas hasn't elected a Democratic governor in more than three decades.

In an effort to stop the repeated cycling of mentally ill people through courts and prisons, some states are setting up special courts for the mentally ill. The goal of judges, prosecutors and attorneys is to get treatment, housing and other kinds of support for defendants. Proponents say it's more effective -- and cheaper -- than jail.