Today From The Ohio Newsroom

How the Tuskegee Airmen came to be stationed in Ohio

The Tuskegee Airmen started as an experiment.

Before World War II, the U.S. military didn't permit Black people to pilot planes.

A Cincinnati sitcom made a joke out of flying turkeys. But bird experts may have the last laugh

Even if you've never watched the '80s sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati", there's one line you're probably familiar with.

"As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly," says Dayton-native Gordon Jump, who plays WKRP station manager Arthur Carlson in the show.

Ohio high schools vote to allow student athletes to strike NIL deals, ending lawsuit

High school athletes can start striking name, image and likeness deals, after a vote of the schools that make up the Ohio High School Athletic Association. This means Ohio will join 44 other states in allowing NIL deals at the high school level.

How a text alert system is saving lives one "bad batch" at a time

A new harm reduction technique that started as a student project at Ohio State University is getting attention — and thousands of dollars in opioid settlement dollars — from Franklin County and the OneOhio Recovery Foundation.

A statewide conservation effort is saving Ohio's 'snot otters'

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and the Wilds released more than 100 giant, rare salamanders into Ohio waterways this summer.

Eastern hellbenders once hid in streams across southern and central Ohio, but decades of habitat loss and water pollution have left the species endangered in the state.

Why Ohio scientists - and some dairy producers - are against legalizing raw milk

Milk is big business in Ohio.

It's 11th in the nation for dairy cows. The USDA reports that dairy accounted for over $1.3 billion in production for the state last year, with the industry's farms covering about 13.6 million acres.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a free-fall parachute? The lifesaving device has Ohio roots

At the Aviation Trail Parachute Museum in Dayton, a timeline wraps around the room, detailing the invention of the life-saving contraption.

It begins centuries ago, circa 1485.

A year into new ownership, violence still plagues Ohio's largest youth treatment center

Several years ago, the state tried to shut down the Mohican Young Star Academy over frequent 911 calls, runaways and the use of restraints in the 110-bed Perrysville facility.

More people are tripping. Ohio State wants providers to be prepared

The use of psychedelics is on the rise. The number of people using hallucinogens increased more than a percentage point from 2021 to this year, according to the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Could swamp-ifying northwest Ohio help curb toxic algal blooms?

It's been more than a decade since toxic algal blooms caused Lake Erie's western shore to turn bright green and the residents of Toledo to lose water for four days.