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From the editor: Last Dispatch Linotype machine has new home in museum Alan D. Miller, The Columbus Dispatch © FILE PHOTO, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Linotype operators worked at these machines in the composing room to set type for The Columbus Dispatch. The old type-setting machine I wrote about a few weeks ago drew more comments than I ever would have imagined. After all, the Linotype machine, manufactured by the Mergenthaler Linotype Co. of New York, hadn't been used by the Dispatch for 47 years. Who would recognize or appreciate this wacky looking, mechanical marvel of a l...

Will any restrictions will start if the counties are purple? The purple designation has not previously triggered new orders or restrictions on residents of the counties who reach that level. The Ohio Department of Health's guidance for those in purple counties is "stay at home/necessary travel only." The health department said that in purple counties there is severe exposure and spread, so residents should only leave home for supplies and services and follow guidelines for lower levels. In red counties, residents are supposed to decrease in-person interactions with others, consider necessa...

Despite political animosity lingering on news broadcasts, Facebook feeds and dinner tables after President Joe Biden's inauguration last week — just two weeks after thousands stormed the U.S. Capitol — 105 Ohioans gathered on Zoom Saturday morning to discuss how they can bridge the divide. Republicans and Democrats from all corners of the state logged in to a "depolarization" workshop run by Braver Angels, a non-profit founded in the wake of the 2016 election to help reunite America. "Braver Angels was started to see if reds and blue could have civil conversations with each other," c...

Can Joe Biden unite us? Ohioans weigh in on inauguration, the American dream As Ohio reflects our deeply divided country, USA TODAY Ohio Network reporters asked residents about what life will look like after Biden takes office. USA TODAY Ohio Network, The Columbus Dispatch Published 1:03 pm UTC Jan. 19, 2021 ​ ​​​​​​ Editor's note: These interviews were conducted before the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol in Washington, D.C. After a year of pandemic and turmoil, of divisions that continue to tear at the country, what do Ohioans hope for in 2021 and beyond after President-elect Jo...

Can Joe Biden unite us? Ohioans weigh in on inauguration, the American dream USA TODAY Ohio Network, The Columbus Dispatch © Dispatch composite header ​​​​​​ Editor's note: These interviews were conducted before the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol in Washington, D.C. After a year of pandemic and turmoil, of divisions that continue to tear at the country, what do Ohioans hope for in 2021 and beyond after President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris are sworn into office on Wednesday? Reporters from the USA TODAY Ohio Network posed three question...