Today From The Ohio Newsroom

Voters cast ballots at the Franklin County early voting center in Columbus the weekend before the election in 2018.

Many Ohioans still lack broadband access. That could hurt voter engagement.

Nearly a million Ohioans don’t have access to broadband, and that could hurt voter turnout in those areas.

Sandhill cranes, which were once wiped out of Ohio, have recently made a comeback here. Last year, more than 300 cranes were counted across the state.

Sandhill cranes are resurging in Ohio

The birds awake before the sun on Saturday morning.

Chirping melodies to fading stars, they’re recognizable by song long before it’s light enough to make out their shapes against the sky.

“I think that's a Redwing calling back there,” Susan Brauning says, tilting her ear to the sky. “And there's a field sparrow that sounds like a ping pong ball dropping.”