Today From The Ohio Newsroom

From 6 inches to 6 feet: How scientists are reintroducing a giant fish to Lake Erie

A year after scientists started reintroducing lake sturgeon to the Cuyahoga and Sandusky rivers, the primitive fish are showing signs of a comeback.

'To Catch a Predator' is back in the spotlight. An Ohio group took its mission online

As the digital era came into its own in the early 2000s, a blurring of the lines between entertainment, news, and law enforcement created a new media genre.

How one Ohio pharmacy is filling free prescriptions across the state

The St. Vincent de Paul charitable pharmacy in Cincinnati has filled more than a million prescriptions – free of charge.

Still, the need hasn't subsided over the pharmacy's last two decades of service. Community members are facing difficult financial choices, said vice president of pharmacy Rusty Curington.

From Trenton to Grove City, data centers are on Ohio ballots this election

Ohio leads the nation in data center-related ballot measures in the upcoming election, with 21 initiatives across 18 municipalities.

How Toledo is making more homes lead-safe

About three in five Ohio toddlers enrolled in Medicaid do not receive required blood lead screening tests — even though the risk of lead exposure

In Ohio prisons, incarcerated people and orphaned animals rehabilitate each other

Emily Bush dumped a bag of squirming mealworms into a plastic bin filled with saw dust.

She gently ran her bare hands through the mix, then plucked a single yellow-brown larva from the pile.

"So, all of these worms will eventually be beetles, and then those beetles will basically reproduce these guys," Bush explained.

An Ohio historical society buys Neil Armstrong's boyhood home in a giant leap for preservation

Before astronaut Neil Armstrong took the first steps on the moon, he was running around his boyhood home in western Ohio.

Handmade brooms bring artistic expression to everyday life

There are few things more strongly associated with Halloween than witches flying across the night sky on broomsticks. And across the country, stores sell brooms for seasonal decoration or as part of witch costumes. But for many in the region, brooms aren't just for Halloween or sweeping the floor: they can be works of art worthy of hanging on the wall year-round.

Prolific, playful and curious, Ohio artist Edie Harper is finally getting her due

Charley and Edie McKee Harper's only son Brett is with curator Tamera Muente in a large Cincinnati warehouse full of Edie's paintings, prints and photographs. They're discussing pieces in an upcoming show of her work at Cincinnati's Taft Museum of Art.