Today From The Ohio Newsroom

Cuyahoga has more opioid settlement funds than most Ohio counties. Is the money making a difference?

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. The Ohio Newsroom is following the money. This is our settlement story of the month.

Cuyahoga and Summit counties were the first in Ohio to sue opioid makers and distributors, and the first in the state to receive a payout.

Pharmacies are closing across the state. What does that mean for Ohioans?

Pharmacy chain Rite Aid has closed more than a hundred stores in Ohio after it filed for bankruptcy last fall.

Rural Democrats reach out in reliably red counties

In the 2020 Presidential race, 81 of Ohio’s 88 counties went red, supporting Republican former president Donald Trump. One of those counties was Champaign, with 25,760 registered voters.

Can ancient drama heal modern divides? One rural Ohio college thinks so

Kenyon College’s auditorium resounded with the booming voices of tragic heroes and the sing-song prayer of ancient narrators. The epic conjured up images of panic-stricken people, grieving loss in a city that’s been reduced to ruins.

From Ohio to Hollywood: Bath native brings nightmares to life in ‘Smile 2’

Northeast Ohio native Parker Finn enjoys giving people nightmares.

And he’s good at it. Finn wrote and directed the movie “Smile”, where a psychiatrist is followed by an evil force that manifests itself as her loved ones wearing sinister grins. She soon discovers she’s just one in a long-line of people who have been haunted by a smile.

Ohio farmers are stressed. What’s stopping so many from seeking help?

Between the high costs of running a farm, unpredictable weather and fluctuating markets, farming can be a stressful profession — so much so that the suicide rate among farmers is an estimated three times higher than the general popula

A service for youth in crisis is expanding across Ohio

When Maxx Richards was in sixth grade, they were having a really hard time at school.

“I went to my school counselor for doing self-harm,” they said.

The counselor called for help, but not from 911 or even 988. They dialed 1-888-418-6777 — the state number for Mobile Response and Stabilization Services, or MRSS.

The ballot as palette: arts group hopes to make its mark on November's election

Over the course of a few days in mid-September, posters cropped up in cities across Ohio.

They are royal blue, teal, red and white with bold designs: a ballot box as a speaker, a dove carrying a banner, a hand picking a petal of a flower.

And all of them have the same message: VOTE!

At this Ohio college, students drag race and drift their way to technical degrees

Tire marks paint the black concrete of a secluded parking lot on University of Northwestern Ohio’s campus in Lima. This semester, student Eric Kananowicz is adding to the canvas.

His tricked-out car spun across the pavement. Clouds of smoke and dust engulfed it as he did donuts around a pole. The car looked like it could spin out at any moment.

Loveland is “leaping into the legend” of its notorious cryptid

This weekend, the city of Loveland, a suburb of Cincinnati, is hosting an inaugural festival to honor a notorious amphibian: the Loveland Frogman.

“Imagine about a three or four-foot-tall biped frog with what’s been mentioned as scaly or sometimes slimy skin,” described Brian Maxson, the owner of a barbershop in town.