The Ohio Newsroom
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Michael Larson, from Southwest Ohio, made history in 1984 when he won over $110,000 on the daytime game show, Press Your Luck. A new movie in theaters tells the tale.
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Business & EconomyIn November, an Athens city employee paid $700,000 for construction work on a new fire station. But the money never reached the construction firm it was intended for. -
From Wittenberg to Antioch College, some Ohio universities are in bad financial shape. They’re trying various strategies to recover. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentNASA headquarters lease ends in 2028. Ohio leaders are pushing for the office to relocate to Ohio. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentScioto County rejected the state’s $800 million settlement in 2021 with the nation’s three biggest opioid distributors. Some locals felt it deserved a bigger share of the funds. Now, its case is stuck in an Ohio court. -
"Wild West" by Bertrand W. Sinclair was checked out in 1926. It was returned to a branch of the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library late last year. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentOhio is continuing to see deer test positive from a fatal neurological disease. It could have implications for the species’ population decades down the line. -
A man in northeast Ohio has spent the last decade filing upwards of 160 lawsuits against local governments. He says they failed to comply with the state’s open government laws. -
The Frederick Douglass Project for Justice brings those inside and outside of prisons together to build community and break stereotypes. -
The American Folklife Center recently released a collection of interviews with Central Appalachian child care workers recounting their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentThe Family Forest Carbon Program is helping Ohio landowners connect to the complicated carbon market.
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