Today From The Ohio Newsroom

Wooster pharmacist fills gaps left by pharmacy closures

Heidi Geib always knew she wanted to work in medicine. Well, sort of.

“I really love the medical world,” Geib says. “But I hate blood, needles, all that stuff.”

Nearly 600 veterans are homeless in Ohio. Can villages of tiny homes help?

Sandy Muntean served as one of the first female military police officers in the U.S. Army. Times were different back in the ‘70s, she remembered.

“There are quite a few men that didn't think women should do that kind of work,” she said. “And I thought, ‘Well, no, you're wrong.’”

Ohio’s psychiatric hospitals are nearly full. What can the state do?

Ohio’s six state-run psychiatric hospitals are nearly full. Their patients are almost exclusively individuals coming from the criminal justice system – including those transferred from jails, those found incompetent to stand trial and those found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Some Ohio cities are banning sleeping outside – and facing backlash for it

Every Saturday, Trish Perry sets up a table with hot dogs, harm reduction kits and winter coats on Main Street in Newark. Her organization, Newark Homeless Outreach, hasn’t missed a weekend in the last six years.

Ohio works to create more affordable housing as rent restrictions expire

The National Housing Preservation database estimates that in the next five years, affordability restrictions will expire on about 14,000 rental homes in Ohio that were built with low-income housing tax credits.

From nightclubs to hardware stores, rural counties get creative to address homelessness

Homelessness is on the rise across the state in both urban and more rural areas. However, rural communities often lack shelter spaces and resources to address it.

So, they’re getting creative. Advocates in North Central Ohio found a solution in a former nightclub.

Ohio’s wild turkey success story

Amidst the hubbub of Columbus, Blendon Woods Metro Park stands as a reminder of what Ohio looked like hundreds of years ago. A canopy of trees stretch overhead, dropping the last of their leaves before winter fully sets in.

Self-driving cars are on their way to southeast Ohio

Self-driving cars already roam the streets of cities like San Francisco and Austin, Texas. But how do they fare on the hilly terrain of Ohio’s southeast?

Ohio has designated the majority of its coronavirus relief funds. Here’s where the money is going

Billions of dollars came to Ohio through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to help mitigate the impact of the coronavirus in 2021. Now, three years later, the majority of the state’s coronavirus relief funds have been committed to a cause.

This small Ohio radio station is saving the blues

Each weekday morning, Ray Macklin, known as “Silky Ray” in the blues music world, helps Marion wake up with soulful vocals, sliding guitar riffs and syncopated rhythm.

“Good morning, good morning,” Macklin announced over the air on a recent Tuesday morning as he cued up a setlist of blues songs. “It’s TruBlues, baby.”