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Ohio’s only LGBTQ+ adult homeless shelter is in high demand, weeks after opening in Youngstown
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — A new homeless shelter opened in Youngstown earlier this March and it holds a certain distinction: Full Spectrum’s Rainbow House of the Mahoning Valley… Read More
Medical emergencies can lead to financial emergencies. A Carroll County nonprofit aims to help
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CARROLL COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — When Marsha Bullock was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma last year, the 62-year-old grandmother’s life took up a pattern of doctors… Read More
How the Garden of Joy Culinary Academy is teaching nonviolence through cooking classes
By: Isabel Nissley | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (WVXU) — Every day at the Garden of Joy Culinary Academy starts with a mindfulness circle. Before teens put on aprons and start chopping veggies, they grab fruit patterned… Read More
Emergency services in the Hocking Hills are strained. Can a new source of funding help?
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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HOCKING COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Tourism in Hocking Hills has soared in recent years, but funding for the region’s emergency services has not. Instead, local fire departments have… Read More
Amid an enforcement surge, Ohio cities are rethinking cooperation with ICE
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — As federal immigration efforts have intensified across the country, Ohio city councils are preparing for increased ICE presence. Many cities have passed legislation to limit… Read More
CrossFit isn’t just for the gym-obsessed. In Ohio, it’s reaching incarcerated youth
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — A jump rope slammed against the gym floor at the Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility (JCF) in central Ohio, as about a dozen older teens… Read More
Pieces of LGBTQ Ohio history were at risk of disappearing. A digitization effort is rescuing them
By: Allie Vugrincic | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In a conference room at The Ohio History Connection in Columbus, OHC interpretation and content specialist Wendy Korwin pulls up a clip from a… Read More
An interfaith iftar brings Ohioans of different faiths together for Ramadan
By: Shay Frank | WYSO
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MIAMISBURG, Ohio (WYSO) — For 18 years, Ohioans of different faiths have been invited to break fast and learn more about Ramadan at a community iftar meal. This year’s Interfaith… Read More
This program aims to help Ohio’s foster youth go to college. So why do so few use it?
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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YOUNGSTWON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — For Drew Bowles, tattoos are a form of self-expression, so the 23-year-old has a lot of them. There’s a tiny cross just beneath the… Read More
Ohio law bans cell phones during the school day. Teachers and students have mixed feelings
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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DAYTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — It’s been nearly three months since Ohio law has prohibited K-12 students from using their cell phones during the school day. School administrators and… Read More
Why Ohio electricity bills are so high—and their political impact
By: Dan Gearino | Marianne Lavelle | Inside Climate News
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Inside Climate News) — Protestors stood in the snow outside the offices of Ohio’s utility regulator in January to say they were fed up with rising electricity rates…. Read More
A two-decade Ohio gymnastic dynasty just took home gold again
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — For the last 20-plus years, the same Ohio team has taken home the state championship title for gymnastics. This year was no different. The… Read More
How extreme weather and aging infrastructure led to months of ‘musty’ water in Cadiz
By: Julie Grant | The Allegheny Front
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This story was originally published on Feb. 27, 2026 by the Allegheny Front. CADIZ, Ohio (The Allegheny Front) — Stacey Greer started filling and dating gallon-sized jugs with tap water last… Read More
Is Ohio school funding inadequate or the best it’s ever been? Depends on who you ask
By: Zack Carreon | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (WVXU) — It’s budget season for public education in Ohio, and it’s raised a bitter debate about the state of school funding in the state. On one side, school… Read More
Remembering Nelson T. Gant, ‘Zanesville’s first Black millionaire’
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — At a small park along the Muskingum River in Zanesville, half a dozen stony sculptures strike stationary poses. Astronaut John Glenn raises an arm… Read More
How an Appalachian county is working to lower its suicide rate
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CARROLL COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio’s suicide rate has risen sharply in the past two decades, from 9.3 deaths per 100,000 people in 2003 to 14.7 deaths in… Read More
How a small town, Ohio-born jockey raced Secretariat to his final victory
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CARROLLTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — When Secretariat’s regular jockey was suspended just days before the thoroughbred’s final race, a young rider from Ohio took the reins. At 23 years… Read More
From the movie theater to a microwave bag, your popcorn may be Ohio-grown
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Drive across Ohio in the summertime and you’ll see fields upon fields of corn. Much of it will be used to produce ethanol or livestock… Read More
Ohio towns are pushing back against data centers — to varying degrees of success
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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HAMILTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Danielle Fletcher loves her quiet home in Hamilton Township in rural southern Ohio. But, she’s worried that peace might be disrupted by a data… Read More
Ohio’s Lourdes University will close – as Catholic colleges nationwide struggle to survive
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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SYLVANIA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Lourdes University in northwest Ohio announced it will close at the end of this academic year. The small Catholic college, which has resided in… Read More
Amid volatile immigration policy changes, Ohioans become U.S. citizens
By: Adriana Martinez-Smiley | WYSO
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KETTERING, Ohio (WYSO) — Hundreds of students packed the bleachers at the gym at Archbishop Alter High School in the Dayton suburb of Kettering. But instead of watching a game… Read More
Same degree, half the time: why Ohio community colleges are piloting shortened semesters
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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ARCHBOLD, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The typical 16-week college semester can be a challenging commitment for students at community colleges who juggle jobs, families and a host of other… Read More
A new state law ensures women incarcerated in Ohio get free period products
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio correctional facilities will soon be required to provide incarcerated women with an adequate supply of free period products, thanks to a new state… Read More
Ohio is among states with the most ‘anti-LGBTQ incidents’ last year
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio nearly topped the list of ‘anti-LGBTQ incidents’ in 2025. That’s according to GLAAD, a nonprofit that advocates for inclusive representation and LGBTQ acceptance. It’s… Read More
The first-in-the-nation history of Ohio’s HBCU radio station
By: Olivia K. Green | Will Tchakirides | WYSO
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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WYSO) — The HBCU Radio Preservation Project preserves and honors the legacy of Black college radio. The WYSO effort safeguards at-risk historical media and gathering oral histories… Read More
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