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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In southeast Ohio, the dental professional shortage hits the hardest. Many residents in the state’s Appalachian counties aren’t able to get the preventative oral health care they need. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentWhen a child or young adult is having a crisis, parents and teachers often turn to institutions, like psych wards or the police, for help. But an increasing number of Ohioans now have another option. -
A once abandoned underground mine in southern Ohio’s Scioto County now has a new purpose. A local couple decorates the cavern each Christmas to tell the story of Jesus’s birth. -
Business & EconomyForeign investment in American plants may prove trickier under the new administration. -
Business & EconomyAn Ohio-founded solar company advocated hard for the duties. Now, the global market is changing. -
Business & EconomyFirst Solar employs thousands in Ohio. New tariffs on solar panels from Southeast Asia will benefit American manufacturers like them. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentKeys 2 Serenity, a Summit County nonprofit, is one of hundreds of grant applicants who didn’t get funding from the OneOhio Recovery Foundation this round. The group wants to build a support group for teens and young adults who lost a parent to the opioid crisis. -
Ohio manufacturers are responsible for some of the most popular toys from Christmases past. -
The Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen recently announced plans to open the state’s first river maritime academy in eastern Ohio’s Monroe County. It’s an effort to address a need for tug boat operators and deckhands. -
The University of Cincinnati is launching an adaptive athletics program. Collegiate athletes with disabilities can now compete in wheelchair tennis and adaptive track and field.
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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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