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FirstEnergy's credit rating has been downgraded to junk status by the three big rating agencies. It's another blow to the company that has experienced a tumultuous year after being linked to a $61 million alleged racketeering scheme. Statehouse correspondent Andy Chow reports.

There are more than twice as many people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ohio now as there were a month ago.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine says the statewide curfew he called for last week is one of the ways to curb the surge of coronavirus cases, but some medical experts say curfews are not effective strategies.

Columbus City Council on Monday rejected a citizen petition creating a clean energy fund and a fund to educate and train citizens and workers about clean energy.

Ohio is planning to receive the first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine around December 15, with another batch coming a week later.

The head of the state’s mental health and drug addiction agency says she has tested positive for COVID-19. 

Columbus City Council members are examining how police officers are dispatched and other potential reforms in 2021.

Columbus City Council last night approved a measure capping fees charged by third-party restaurant delivery companies.  

After a week of incomplete data, state health officials are reporting over 11,000 new COVID-19 cases in Ohio, but caution those numbers include two days worth of back reports from Mercy Hospital and the Cleveland Clinic over the weekend. 

The City of Columbus is making utility assistance grants available for residents.

Ohio's top utility regulator has resigned, days after FBI agents raided his German Village home.

The non-profit hunger relief group Feeding America estimates the rate of food insecurity in Ohio this year is 18.1 percent, up from 13.9 percent in 2018.

An Ohio State University Medical Center survey shows the majority of Americans plan to follow COVID-19 safety guidelines during the holidays.

A Cincinnati city council member who has been planning to run for mayor has been indicted on corruption charges.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine says he will veto a bill restricting his authority to shut down businesses in a future health order.