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Wednesday, November 11 2020
The Best Meatballs In Columbus 🍝
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Happy Wednesday! Chelsea here.
I don't know what kind of day today will be, but I do know that it will be a great day for meatballs. That's because every day is a great day for meatballs. What can I say? They're comforting, classic, and there are more than a few places to grab some delicious ones around town. Looks like you just found your dinner plans, my friends.
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If you all have never stopped by Krema Nut Company for a sandwich and a milkshake, you're truly missing out. They're doing curbside pick-up right now and trust me when I say, it's worth a visit.
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Even at first glance, it's easy to see how gerrymandered Ohio's congressional map is. The borders appear nonsensical at times and now they're finally getting updated.
Headlines 📰
I wish
the Columbus police department's issues with race could be divorced from partisan politics, because I think this kind of story (and national attention) would surely otherwise bother everyone: Black officers say Columbus, Ohio, police prejudice isn't limited to civilians:
(CNN)
Columbus City Council
is often criticized for their
, but Cincinnati shows that it could be worse: FBI arrests Cincinnati city councilman in
(Cleveland.com)
RIP to the legendary Alex Trebek
. Thanks to
The first ever Jeopardy! champion with Alex Trebek: Greg Hopkins, from Appalachian Ohio (Waverly) on Sept. 10, 1984.
— Tyler Buchanan (@Tylerjoelb)
2:46 AM • Nov 9, 2020
, I learned that the very first Jeopardy winner on the Alex Trebek version of Jeopardy was from Waverly, Ohio. From 2019, here is a quick one-minute clip of Greg Hopkins
. (ABC News)
Weather:
64 with showers likely in the AM before gradually becoming mostly sunny (and trending slightly cooler as the day goes on)
Coronavirus Updates 💊
If you're a daily reader
, well, I apologize but I've really run out of things to say after watching new COVID-19 case record after new COVID-19 case record with nothing happening save for Governor DeWine asking us to do better. Yesterday brought a giant jump in record cases, at
6,508
, a giant jump in record hospitalizations at
386
, and
23
newly reported deaths. The trend graph
New Ohio covid-19 data:
-261,482 cases (6,508 new in last 24 hrss)
-21,037 hospitalized (386 new)
-5,547 dead (23 new reported, varying dates of death)Huge new daily case and hospitalization records.
A county health dept. worker just told me: "We're just kind of drowning"
— Jake Zuckerman (@jake_zuckerman)
7:11 PM • Nov 10, 2020
.
Continuing from that last note
, Governor DeWine will
. Hopefully he has some useful ideas, because we are absolutely on track to swamp hospital capacity with the
Today: 2,747 Ohioans in the hospital with covid
Oct. 10: 862
This line is only moving in one direction. This will have huge health, life and possibly policy consequences if this isn't brought under control
— Jake Zuckerman (@jake_zuckerman)
7:13 PM • Nov 10, 2020
.
The pandemic
has been hard on us all, but it's been worse for some:
(Dispatch)
Today's Photo 🤳
This photo of our beautiful
feels like an appropriate choice for Veteran's Day. To all of our readers who served - thank you! 🇺🇸
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