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This small Ohio city honors its mighty Black heritage this weekend
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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URBANA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — The small city of Urbana, about 45 miles northeast of Dayton, is hosting its annual Black Heritage Festival this weekend. It’s an opportunity for… Read More
An Ohio archive will take Catholic sisters’ faith out of the footnotes
By: Kendall Crawford I Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — A groundbreaking Catholic archive center will soon make its home in Ohio. The Women Religious Archives Collaborative (WRAC) Heritage Center in Cleveland will document the… Read More
Six Ohio sites have been added to the national Underground Railroad network
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Earlier this month, the National Park Service added six Ohio sites to its National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom — a program meant to… Read More
An Evening With General Ulysses S Grant
The Ross County Heritage Center is thrilled to welcome back a nationally-renowned guest who brings history to life in an unforgettable way. Dr. Curt Fields, the country’s foremost portrayer… Read More
Archaeology Day
It’s our 8th annual Archaeology Day! Join us April 19, 2025 from 1-5pm for a gallery full of exhibits of fossils, minerals, and more from local collectors! Bring in your… Read More
Victoria Woodhull
She was the first woman to run for president – and did it before women were allowed to vote. She was a pioneer for women’s rights, but was virtually written… Read More
Discovering History Speaker Series
Lafayette and Human Rights Alan Hoffman, President of The American Friends of Lafayette Lafayette’s first foray into human rights work was in the American Revolution which he saw as a… Read More
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to rural Ohio
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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ADA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Less than three months before he was assassinated and at the height of his international fame, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke… Read More
Retired Statehouse journalist Jim Otte looks back on covering President Jimmy Carter in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Flags are at half-staff until Jan. 28 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday. Carter, who was in the White… Read More
A women’s suffrage monument planned for the Ohio Statehouse grounds receives an anonymous $1 million donation
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The organization spearheading installation of a monument to women’s suffrage at the Ohio Statehouse has received a $1 million contribution toward the project from an anonymous… Read More
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin helped kick off the fundraising effort for an Ohio women’s suffrage monument
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin kicked off a fundraising campaign last week for an Ohio women’s suffrage monument. “An Evening With Doris Kearns Goodwin” took… Read More
The Tablertown museum received grant funding for research into Black and American history in southeast Ohio
By: Arielle Teppert
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STEWART, Ohio (WOUB) — The Tablertown People of Color Museum received grants funds to further its research into the connections between the Underground Railroad and a historic Black community in… Read More
How soldiers in Ohio expressed support for American independence 250 years ago
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — The United States of America became a country nearly 250 years ago. But about two years before the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence,… Read More
Open House At Two Museums!
Join us for a rare Open House event at the Franklin House museum. This 1907 Prairie Style house features lovely stained glass and much of its original interior features. The… Read More
Statehood Day Celebration
One Big Event at Five Different Locations: Chillicothe to Celebrate Ohio Statehood Day, Saturday, March 2nd. Five of Chillicothe’s historical sites, museums, and organizations will host open houses on Saturday,… Read More
Christmas Open House
Christmas Open House at the Ross County Historical Society Featuring our beautiful, one-of-a-kind Christmas tree decorated with hundreds of hand-cut paper ornaments by local artist Bonnie Grove; a… Read More
Origins of the Comic Book
Graphic novels, webtoons, comic cons, cosplay- where did they all originate? What led to Spiderman, The Avengers and the entire Marvel Comics Universe? Former comic artist and writer Sandy Plunkett… Read More
An Ohio University archaeologist unearths an arrowhead from the end of the ice age
By: Conner Woodruff
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — An Ohio University archaeologist’s unexpected discovery in southeast Ohio may bring new insight into the state’s earliest settlers. David Lamp stumbled upon the 13,000-year-old arrowhead fragment… Read More
Photo Gallery: Viking Village brings Norse history to Lilyfest
By: Ahmed Hamed
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ROCKBRIDGE, Ohio (WOUB) — Take the right path from Lilyfest’s tranquil gardens and you’ll be transported back to a bygone Viking era. Lilyfest’s Viking Village located in the Bishop Educational… Read More
Junior Member Program: Working on the Ohio-Erie Canal
Ross County Historical Society invites children ages 6 to 12 to join us for our 2023 Summer Junior Member Program “Working on the Ohio & Erie Canal.” Step back in… Read More
Bike and Brew Tour
Join us for a rich experience by connecting to Southeast Ohio while cycling through the old railroad beds of Appalachia, enjoying local food & drinks, stories focusing on the cultural… Read More
Photo Gallery: Athens’ “Boys in Blue” honored with the rededication of a Civil War monument
By: Ahmed Hamed
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Members of the community gathered in era-appropriate attire Sunday to rededicate a refurbished monument to soldiers of the Civil War. The ceremony took place at Union… Read More
A bill proposing a conservative social studies curriculum moves through the Ohio House
By: Conner Woodruff
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Ohio legislature is considering a bill that would require new K-12 social studies standards intended to counter what conservative critics see as a progressive bias… Read More
Home Improvement Day @ UCM Center
It’s spring and thoughts of spring cleaning are with us at the United Campus Ministry Center for Spiritual Growth and Social Action too. Join us for all or part of… Read More
April Fools’ Day might be the world’s longest-running joke. No one knows how it began
By: Jeff Dean I NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) – Ever wonder where April Fools’ Day came from? Well, surprise! The joke’s on you. Nobody seems to know its true origins. Historians do have some clues, though…. Read More