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‘The black hole of southern Ohio’: how cuts to the VA could impact Chillicothe
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Dan Ramey Jr. was just starting his senior year at Chillicothe High School in September 2001. He watched the Twin Towers fall during lunch…. Read More
More Ohio deer are dying from Chronic Wasting Disease. Here’s why that matters
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio deer are testing positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a neurological disease that is always fatal to animals like deer, moose and elk. It… Read More
Scioto County was the ‘epicenter’ of the opioid epidemic. Some think it deserves more settlement funds
By: George Shillcock | WOSU
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PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WOSU) — As Portsmouth resident Jay Hash drives through town, he’s quick to show off the city’s history and charm, from its famous floodwall murals to historic breweries…. Read More
Meet the “bounty hunter” filing lawsuits in the name of government transparency
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Brian Ames has spent the last decade filing upwards of 160 lawsuits against local governments in the name of government transparency. “I go find public… Read More
Appalachian Ohio child care workers shared their pandemic lessons for a Library of Congress collection
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Five years ago this month, Ohio issued an emergency stay-at-home order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools shut down. Child care providers stopped operating…. Read More
A conservation program makes protecting Ohio forests more profitable
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — In a swampy wooded area in Athens County, David Funk moves swiftly past sycamores coming-of-age, and the frogs belting below them, to a… Read More
A public school district outside of Cincinnati is out of money. Others worry their funds will run dry too
By: Zack Carreon | WVXU
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MT. HEALTHY, Ohio (WVXU) — Public school districts across Ohio say they’re running out of money. From the largest city districts to the smallest ones in urban and rural communities,… Read More
Here’s how tariffs could impact Ohio’s soybean growers
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — As foreign countries threaten and impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products, some Ohio soybean farmers are growing concerned. Soybeans are the state’s top-produced crop: Ohio… Read More
From coal to community forest, this is how one Athens County organization is reclaiming former mine land
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — The woods behind Weston Lombard’s farm in Athens County is expansive. “If you look around, we’re just surrounded by oak trees and hickory… Read More
Trucking is a dangerous job for Ohioans. One professor is seeking a safer path
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Trucking is one of the most dangerous occupations in the country, making up 20% of all vehicle related-fatalities. Driving in and of itself… Read More
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
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