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The Chillicothe Halloween Festival helps an Appalachian city embrace its ‘quirk’ and haunted history
By: Emily Votaw
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WOUB) – Enormous pumpkins were weighed, elaborate costumes were worn and soapbox derby cars done up like coffins raced down the middle of Yoctangee Park this weekend during… Read More
![A classroom is seen at the new East Elementary school, in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/081021_NewSchools_064-scaled-e1629925951933-900x422.jpg)
Ohio is funding the expansion of private, religious schools. Here’s what you need to know
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom, Zack Carreon | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Last year, Ohio expanded its school voucher program so that all families, regardless of income, can apply for private school scholarships. Now, the state is… Read More
The number of domestic violence deaths inches up in Ohio, including 15 children and teens
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The number of Ohioans killed in domestic violence incidents in the last fiscal year ticked up a bit, with kids comprising more than a… Read More
Republican, Democratic and Independent women pen a letter to Moreno on his abortion comments
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than 1,200 Ohio women have signed an open letter to Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno to tell him they don’t think comments he made… Read More
Big wheels turning as Ohio voters decide who will take the drivers’ seat in the state’s redistricting process
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As early voting begins in Ohio, organizers for and against Issue 1 are beginning to take the road to convince voters to get on board… Read More
The Athens Area Stand Down event helps veterans experiencing homelessness
By: Alison Patton
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Now that October is here and the nights are getting chillier, people who are experiencing homelessness are even more vulnerable. Those concerned about veterans hope a… Read More
Southeast Ohio will soon have its first women and children’s hospital
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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BELPRE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Memorial Health System, headquartered in southeast Ohio, broke ground on a new hospital Tuesday. Once built, it’ll be the only women and children’s hospital… Read More
US Sen. Sherrod Brown seeks a crackdown on “predatory investing” into housing in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Affordable housing is elusive in some areas of the state. And U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said it’s a problem made much worse by… Read More
Early voting is underway in Ohio for the November election
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Election Day is four weeks from Tuesday, and across Ohio, early voting brought out people to cast their ballots at their boards of elections… Read More
Here are the changes to voting in Ohio since the 2020 presidential election
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans can start early in-person and mail-in voting for the November election today. Ohioans will cast ballots in the first presidential election under rules from a… Read More
Abortion opponents focus on next month’s vote at third annual Ohio March for Life
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Around a thousand people of all ages gathered in the warm sunshine on the Ohio Statehouse lawn, carrying signs that read “choose life”, “make… Read More
How do union endorsements influence Ohio’s tight U.S. Senate race?
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Twelve years ago, the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police union broke a 24-year streak of endorsing the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate by instead… Read More
After a shooting in Georgia, lawmaker wants Ohio to require panic buttons in schools
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican state lawmaker is proposing a bill to require panic buttons in schools, as were used at a high school in Georgia where… Read More
Still need to register to vote? Here’s your guide to being prepared at the polls
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — To cast a vote in the upcoming November election, Ohioans need to register to vote by Oct. 7. With the deadline less than a week… Read More
Here’s how Ohio county fairs are becoming more inclusive
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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COSHOCTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Kenton Wilson loves animals, so the county fair is right up the 12-year-old’s alley. But in past fairs, he hasn’t been able to show… Read More
Abortion numbers went up in Ohio, including out-of-state patients
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The latest Ohio Abortion Report shows an increase in the number of abortions in 2023 over 2022. There were 22,000 abortions in Ohio in 2023, an increase… Read More
Low information voters in a high turnout election could sink or swim Ohio’s Issue 1 redistricting amendment
By: George Shillcock | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — This November’s election marks the fifth time in 20 years Ohioans will vote on how the state draws its congressional maps with Issue 1 on the… Read More
A Republican lawmaker wants Ohio to try again with allowing tax payments via cryptocurrency
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican senator wants Ohioans to be able to pay their taxes in cryptocurrency. The bill would expand a previous program that was halted, and… Read More
Advocates say abortion and birth control are on Ohio’s ballot again, indirectly
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With the 2024 general election less than 40 days away and early voting starting even sooner in Ohio, reproductive rights advocates argue that access to… Read More
An appeal delays the $600 million class action settlement payments in the fiery East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Settlement checks related to Norfolk Southern’s disastrous 2023 derailment could be delayed up to two years now because an appeal of a federal judge’s decision last week to approve the $600… Read More
Some Republicans and independents say they won’t vote for Moreno after his comments on women and abortion
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A group of Ohio Republicans and independents said they won’t vote for GOP U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno following comments he made to supporters… Read More
Democratic state lawmakers say the focus should be on Ohio’s property taxes post-election
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With more than a dozen bills floating around to address the intricate issue, Democratic lawmakers are arguing inaction on property taxes at the Ohio Statehouse… Read More
A judge has approved the $600 million settlement for residents near the fiery East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $600 million class-action settlement Wednesday that Norfolk Southern railroad offered to everyone who lived within 20 miles of… Read More
Ohio votes cast for the Green Party candidate won’t count due to VP swap
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Votes cast in Ohio for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will not count because the party nominated her running mate after a state administrative deadline,… Read More
EPA data make it hard to know the extent of the contamination from last year’s East Palestine train derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The way the Environmental Protection Agency has reported its test results since a Norfolk Southern train derailed and officials released and burned chemicals that spewed a toxic cloud… Read More
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