Today From The Ohio Newsroom

The Flotsam River Circus makes a splash in Ohio River towns

The sun is the only spotlight for the circus performers who bound onto a ramshackle raft, docked in Parkersburg, West Virginia just across the river from Belpre, Ohio.

A rural veteran firefighter's take on Ohio’s volunteer shortage

Ohio has nearly 400 vacant volunteer firefighter positions, according to job listings compiled by Make Me A Firefighter.

Meet the Dayton police officer headed to the 2024 Paralympics for wheelchair fencing

The 2024 Paris Paralympics start today and Dayton Police Officer Byron Branch will be participating.

Branch lost a leg in the line of duty back in 2016. Now, he’s headed to Paris to compete for gold.

From you-pick berries to hay rides, agritourism is booming in Ohio

Jeff Probst’s family has owned farmland in Warren County, northeast of Cincinnati, for 85 years. Over the generations, they’ve tried all kinds of things to keep it profitable: from row-cropping to raising cattle and hogs.

Ohio’s eviction rates surged last year — and they’re not slowing down

During the pandemic, emergency rental assistance helped slash the number of evictions in the state. With those funds running out, many Ohio counties’ eviction rates are on the rise again.

TV producer recalls generosity of talk show legend and Ohio native Phil Donahue

A giant of the television world, Phil Donahue, died this week at 88. Born in Cleveland, Donahue was dubbed the “king of daytime talk” for his program which aired from 1967-96. He hosted everyone from entertainers to presidents.

Ohio’s tobacco deal went up in smoke. It’s shaping how opioid settlement dollars are distributed

Over the course of 18 years, Ohio and its communities are receiving nearly $2 billion from pharmaceutical companies to compensate for harm caused by opioids.

It’s been a decade since police killed John Crawford III in a Dayton-area Walmart. What’s change

Ten years ago on an August evening, a young Black man was shopping at a Walmart in Beavercreek, east of Dayton. He was talking on the phone, holding a BB gun he picked up from a store display.

A fellow shopper mistook it for a loaded rifle, and called the police. Two officers arrived at the store. They shot and killed John Crawford III in the pet food aisle.

Ohio wants more foster kids to stay with families. A pilot program could help

Samantha Stewart always wanted a big family, so over the past few years, the door to her home has been rotating. She and her husband have fostered seven kids.

On a summer afternoon, two of those children play in the living room, doing somersaults and singing songs from “Frozen."

Amid youth mental health crisis, Ohio school-based behavioral health services grow

Youth mental health has worsened across the country since the pandemic. Ohio has been no exception.