On a bright September afternoon, a group of volunteers in purple shirts pulled a navy wagon through a quiet neighborhood in Elyria in northeast Ohio. Inside were boxes of Narcan — the brand name for naloxone, the medication that can quickly reverse an opioid overdose by restoring normal breathing.
At a hunting ground in Butler County, Don Boling walked down an overgrown wooded path, littered with fall foliage. It's one of his favorite spots to hunt deer in southwest Ohio.
Although there are no bucks or does in sight, the lifelong hunter still saw signs of them everywhere.
President Donald Trump has made headlines in recent months for sending federal troops to major metros from Memphis, Tennessee to Portland, Oregon.
More than 122,000 Ohioans live in long-term care facilities, like nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Like a lot of Ohioans, Gus Smithhisler gets the itch to carve a pumpkin each autumn. But, instead of going to a grocery store or a pumpkin patch, he brings in a forklift.
"We haven't had one this big for a while," the forklift operator told Smithhisler, as he directed a massive pumpkin onto a wooden pallet.
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels are performing in Ohio this weekend. But instead of playing the Agora Theater or the Beachland Ballroom, the octogenarian Rock and Roller will be playing the slightly more intimate venue: Wooster High School's Performing Arts Center. That's all because of an effort by Wooster High School's Class of 1971.
This story was originally published October, 21, 2025 on Midstory, a nonprofit newsroom based in Toledo.
It's a hard time to be a prospective homebuyer in Ohio and across the country. Home prices have barely declined in the last year, as interest rates have stayed steady.
In an era of technological advancements that challenge the things we've believed to be true for centuries, civilized society is coming to terms with a reality once thought to be merely a fairytale: Witches are everywhere.
Health care workers with Ohio State University have begun driving a mobile lung cancer screening unit across the state.
It's meant to expand early detection efforts in underserved parts of Ohio, like Perry, Morgan, Noble and Monroe counties.
