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A one-of-a-kind housing program in Ohio offers hope and safety to survivors of sexual violence
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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Warning: This story references sexual violence and suicide. NELSONVILLE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Sara loves the way light streams through her Nelsonville apartment windows and shines on her two… Read More
More than half of Ohio adults aren’t proficient in literacy and numeracy. One organization is trying to help
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CLEVELAND (The Ohio Newsroom) — When Delores Landers was 16 years old, she dropped out of high school. She was failing math classes and unable to find the academic support… Read More
Can Ohio keep the lights on? Power demand is outpacing supply
By: Kendall Crawford I Statehouse News Bureau, Renee Fox | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — A host of data centers – from Amazon to Microsoft – have announced plans to set up shop in Ohio. These industries will bring… Read More
Foreign farmland ownership is increasing in Ohio and across the U.S.
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Investors from other countries bought more than a million acres of farmland in the U.S. from 2022 to 2023. This foreign farmland ownership is increasing… Read More
The American Lung Association gave Ohio a ‘F’ grade for its tobacco cessation programming
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than… Read More
‘Keep Ya Head Up’: Honest conversations about gun violence in Ohio
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Gun violence is a leading cause of death for young people in Ohio. The problem is especially severe in Cuyahoga County, where the gun homicide rate… Read More
Repurposed wheelchairs and hospital beds are bridging Ohio’s rural health care gaps
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ed Newman enjoys his weekly drives, darting from hospitals in eastern Washington County to nursing homes on Ohio’s southern border. He sees it… Read More
How Dayton became the funk capital of the world
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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DAYTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — In the mid-1960s, James Brown was creating a new style of music — funk. It would one day make its home in Dayton, Ohio…. Read More
Ohio’s forgotten Black cemeteries hold a rich history of the state’s pioneers
By: Brielle Coleman | The Ohio Newsroom
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UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — For decades, students at Upper Arlington High School walked across their campus, unaware of the history buried beneath their very own feet. The land—now… Read More
‘Going with God,’ conservative Amish have sued Ohio over its buggy lights law
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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HARDIN COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — In the 1960s, the Swartzentrubers — one of the most conservative subgroups of Old Order Amish — worked out a deal with the… Read More
Sick of winter? One Ohio city’s solution is to set it ablaze during the Burning Snowman Fest
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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PORT CLINTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — At the end of February, Port Clinton residents hold a bonfire like no other in the state: they set a 30-foot snowman on… Read More
Haitian-Americans in Springfield tell their own stories in a new series from WYSO
By: Chris Welter | Will Davis | WYSO
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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WYSO) — The Haitians in the Heartland series is a result of six months of close collaboration between the Eichelberger Center for Community Voices at WYSO with a… Read More
Sweet harmony rings as Ohio singers hone their barbershop performances
By: Ygal Kaufman | Ideastream Public Media
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ideastream) — Barbershop harmony had its heyday over 100 years ago, but enthusiastic performers keep the tradition thriving in Ohio. Singers from around the state find camaraderie and… Read More
The 170-year-old Cozad-Bates House holds Ohio’s abolitionist history
By: Isabella Stokes | The Ohio Newsroom
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CLEVELAND (The Ohio Newsroom) — Walking through the doors of the Cozad-Bates House, visitors embark on a journey into Ohio’s abolitionist history, a step closer to understanding the struggles that… Read More
Garrett Morgan had a long road to inventing the modern-day traffic light
By: Alanna Marshall | The Ohio Newsroom
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CLEVELAND (The Ohio Newsroom) — Garrett Morgan was born in 1877 in Paris, Kentucky. His parents were Sydney Morgan and Elizabeth Reed, who were both formerly enslaved. Morgan left his… Read More
The tiny Ohio town of Braceville is honoring its Black history for the first time
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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BRACEVILLE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — On a snowy December day, Terry and Gwen Shavers are putting the final touches on a small home in Braceville, cleaning up the kitchen… Read More
Ohio drivers face wait times as auto shops search for mechanics
By: Allie Vugrincic | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — It’s hard for the mechanics to jam all the cars into the lot at Weber Road Auto Service on a busy day. And they’re basically all… Read More
Why is Hamilton County getting so much opioid settlement money?
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — The largest opioid settlement money payout to date is a nationwide $26 billion deal with Johnson & Johnson, plus three of the country’s biggest drug wholesalers…. Read More
How some Ohio cities are bringing new life to old malls
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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DAYTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Just off Interstate 75 at exit 68 north of Dayton, the Tipp City Plaza once bustled with businesses inside the old mall, offering a convenient… Read More
Quitting vaping is hard. New research shows quitline coaching helps
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — In an effort to identify ways to help young people who are quitting vaping, researchers at Ohio State University launched a study. They recruited more than… Read More
Painting Dayton skyscrapers: how local artists are using their craft to inspire youth
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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DAYTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Inside Willis Bing Davis’s studio, a series of portraits of people from Dayton hung on the wall: a charcoal drawing of basketball coach Troy… Read More
Recreational marijuana sales remain high six months after legalization
By: Kendall Crawford I Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — In November of 2023, Ohio became the 24th state to vote to legalize adult-use cannabis. In August of 2024, dispensaries across the state began recreational… Read More
As costs increase and enrollment declines, small Ohio colleges adapt to survive
By: Conor Morris | Ideastream Public Media
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PEPPER PIKE, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — A perfect storm of rising costs and enrollment challenges has some private small Ohio colleges, and across the country, facing an existential crisis…. Read More
How Aminah Robinson changed the world — and Ohio — with her art
By: Caleb McCleskey | The Ohio Newsroom
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Off of Sunbury Road on Columbus’s northeast side, the two-story home of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson stands apart from its neighbors. The front doors… Read More
Ohio counties are adopting a new 911 system: here’s why that’s a big deal
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio’s 911 system is getting a major upgrade. Rural eastern Ohio’s Washington and Monroe counties have become the first in the state to implement Next Generation… Read More
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