Today From The Ohio Newsroom

Ohio rural libraries struggle to plan, amid federal and state funding uncertainty

Beside shelves of nonfiction and mystery novels, Chloe Gauthier tapped on the screen of a smartphone. She wasn't just scrolling – she was coaching.

How Bucyrus became the 'Bratwurst Capital of America'

In 1929, just months before the Great Depression, Harry and Alta Carle opened a neighborhood grocery store in the north central Ohio city of Bucyrus. Generations later, the store — and the city — has developed a reputation.

New podcast shares stories and 'Culturas' of Southern Ohio

Ohio's Latino population has more than doubled since 2000. Much of that growth has concentrated in and around the state's big cities — but it's reached southern Ohio too.

A new bilingual podcast aims to share "the richness and diversity of cultural traditions of Latine communities in Appalachia".

Ohio bet big on career technical education. Advocates say it's just the start

In recent years, Ohio has made career and technical education a priority funding item.

During his 2023 State of the State Address, Gov. Mike DeWine talked about the benefits of young people learning trades like welding, carpentry and construction. The state invested $300 million in the expansion of these career technical education programs in Ohio high schools in its biennial budget.

USPS is 'modernizing.' Here's what that means for Ohio mail

When Chuck Klein gets his mail, he doesn't walk. He drives down a long gravel driveway onto a narrow one-lane drive, which eventually widens into a rural road surrounded by rolling farm fields.

"The property is 130 acres, of which 100 is woods," he said. "It's at the end of a dead-end road, very, very private. The only man-made lights visible at night are ours."

As cities call off Cinco de Mayo parades, one Ohio community celebrates in full color

At Painesville's Cinco de Mayo festival in northeast Ohio, a troupe of folkloric dancers prepared to take the floor.

They held up full, brightly colored skirts decorated with ribbons of red, green, blue and purple and waited for the music to start. Then, they spun and swooshed their skirts, creating swirls of color through the air.

The big cheese: Why Ohio leads the nation in Swiss production

Inside of the Young's Jersey Dairy in Yellow Springs, shelves of cheese curds dripped excess moisture onto the floor.

The CEO of Young's Jersey Dairy, Dan Young, pointed to a massive silver vat imported from the Netherlands filled with the uncut curds, ready to be converted into a variety of cheeses.

Smelling better: Ohio researchers develop 'glasses for your nose'

In the throes of the pandemic, people started noticing something odd: an uptick of negative reviews of scented candles, claiming they had no fragrance.

The trend line of the bad reviews coincided with spikes in COVID-19 cases. That's because one of the symptoms of COVID is smell loss.

Tariffs leave a bitter aftertaste for Ohio brewers

President Donald Trump's trade war has led to higher costs for certain goods in the U.S. Products like aluminum, steel and barley have all faced tariffs in recent months – three key components in producing a can of beer.

These Ohio med students want to improve rural health care with cell phones

Accessing health care in rural Ohio can be difficult. A shortage of providers, worsened by recent hospital closures, means some people have to go long distances to get care. With an older population and inconsistent access to broadband, telehealth is an imperfect solution.