Today From The Ohio Newsroom

What makes music scary? Instrumentation, composition and your imagination

Just two notes are all it takes for John Williams to build tension in his famous composition for the film “Jaws.”

24-hour video and a bipartisan buddy system: how Ohio officials keep elections secure

Back in 2020, the Wayne County Board of Elections decided at last minute it would switch to all mail-in voting for its primary to protect people from COVID-19 transmission.

Director Julie Leathers Stahl remembers voters calling at all hours concerned about absentee ballot fraud.

What’s driving Ohioans to the polls? Four Warren voters shared their perspective over pizza

Warren, like many Rust Belt towns, is remaking itself. After the closure of steel mills and industries leaving town throughout the years, this election marks a time when residents of the northeast Ohio city want to see a change.

A visit to the scarecrow capital of Ohio

Cathie Browning collects thrifted dress-up clothes and dollar-store accessories, not necessarily to wear herself, but to build and decorate scarecrows.

Her yard is full of them.

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