VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-13
“These communities have been hit exceedingly hard in a historic way,”
Mike DeWine · said 2026-08-12 · reported 2026-08-13
DeWine made the remark during an afternoon news conference from Perry County after surveying the hardest hit areas by helicopter.
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