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Eighth State Prisons Employee Dies Of COVID-19

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published December 18, 2020 at 5:15 AM EST
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Another Ohio prison guard has died of COVID-19.  

Governor Mike DeWine said Thursday 58-year old David Keith worked at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown.  Keith was diagnosed less than a week ago.  He is the eighth corrections employee to die of COVID-19.
 

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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