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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A new database tracks how state and local governments across the country are spending billions of dollars in opioid settlement funds. In Ohio, about half of those funds are untraceable. -
Crime fell in cities across the country last year, including in some Ohio metros like Toledo, which saw an 18% drop in homicides. -
The Ohio History Connection has one of the largest collections of Native American human remains. The nonprofit is working with tribal leaders to comply with the federal law NAGPRA and repatriate them. -
Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Ohio Northern University in 1968. One woman remembers the impact the prominent civil rights leader’s words had at the rural northwest Ohio school. -
For decades, people have been chowing down on a sandwich informed by the city's Eastern European and Black culinary history: the Polish Boy. -
Members of Ohio's LGBTQ+ community say they are concerned about what the incoming Trump Administration means for their rights and security. -
UNESCO partnered with the Global Social Media Influencer Research Lab at Bowling Green State University to examine the motivations and ethical standards of digital content creators. -
The Buckeye Trail could become a National Scenic Trail. The National Park Service is gauging support for the designation through a series of public meetings across the state. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentDallas Allen is a Suicide Investigations and Postvention specialist at the Franklin County Coroner’s Office. His work could help prevent suicide deaths across the state. -
President Joe Biden bestowed the nation’s highest military honor onto Girard native Kenneth David and Steubenville native Fred McGee.
About The Ohio Newsroom
Journalists from WOSU Public Media, ideastream Public Media in Cleveland, Cincinnati Public Radio, and WYSO in Yellow Springs produce and share in-depth, fact-driven public service journalism on radio and digital platforms statewide. WGTE (Toledo), WOUB (Athens), and WYSU (Youngstown) also participate and contribute reporting to the initiative. All public radio stations in Ohio that broadcast NPR content are invited to join The Ohio Newsroom.
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