Today From The Ohio Newsroom

One groundbreaking glass studio in southeast Ohio is getting a second life

In a boutique off Lancaster’s main street, colorful cocktail glasses sparkle in the light of a chandelier. But, shop owner David Annecy’s favorite part of the store is much less flashy.

He often ushers customers past the shelves of bright glimmering glassware, toward a wall of black and white photos. They show women – with hair perfectly coiffed – painting on a factory floor.

An overhaul of the license suspension process may be on the horizon for Ohio drivers

A person's driver's license can be suspended for a whole host of reasons in Ohio and Sen. Catherine Ingram (D-Cincinnati) knows the headache that can result.

A long-forgotten Black cemetery in northwest Ohio is finally getting recognized

On the surface, there is nothing special about the dirt field Sarah Marshall is standing next to, just outside of Defiance. It sits off a country back road, empty and unmoving, like any other soybean field in northwest Ohio awaiting planting.

But, Marshall, adult services associate at the Defiance Public Library, knows better.

Ohio small towns shine amid shadow of the total eclipse

When Jennifer Harris found out she could get married during the eclipse, she knew that’s where she’d be saying ‘I do.’

“We were trying to find something more unique,” she said. “And when this came up, we just immediately were excited about it.”

Ohio’s premiere mountain bike trail faces funding challenge

On a spring day in the Wayne National Forest, a crew of hard-hat clad volunteers pulls weeds, trims trees and clears branches from a winding dirt trail.

Rob Call is among them.

In the summer, he’ll make the hour-long drive from Lancaster to mountain bike here nearly every weekend.

What the last solar eclipse meant for two brothers and Ohio history

The last time Ohio experienced a total solar eclipse was June 16, 1806. The so-called Tecumseh Eclipse played a significant role in the legendary Shawnee leader’s fight against western settlement of native lands.

But a deeper look at the early years of Ohio history suggests the eclipse may be misnamed.

A half-century on, Wilberforce residents reflect on Ohio’s deadliest tornado

Fifty years ago, a tornado touched down in Greene County, killing more than 30 people.

In the years since, lots of attention has been paid to the impact on the City of Xenia and to the changes the disaster prompted in Ohio's emergency management system.

What happens at the end of ‘King Coal’s’ reign? A documentary looks to the future

A new film is screening across Central Appalachia.

Film director Elaine McMillion Sheldon calls King Coal part-documentary, part-fable.

New podcast from Bowling Green sheds light on historical eclipses

Next week, thousands will gather across Ohio as a solar eclipse passes through. A couple moments of total darkness will fall on towns like Dayton, Cleveland, Toledo and Bowling Green – where a team of Bowling Green State University students and professors have created “Eclipsing History” a podcast exploring the history of the rare astronomical wonder.

Lawsuit filed against Ohio over abortion restrictions still on the books after constitutional change

THE ACLU of Ohio, along with others, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of abortion providers who say several state laws on the books are violating the Ohio constitution based on voter approval of Issue 1 last fall.