Today From The Ohio Newsroom

Lunchroom, gym, optometrist? Ohio schools build on-site health clinics

Students returning to Springfield High School this year can access a full-service health center, complete with exam rooms, a lab with flu and COVID vaccines, and spaces for counseling and group therapy.

Why the bipartisan Farm Bill is getting tangled in divisive political debates

Unlike much of the legislation in Congress, the Farm Bill has historically received bipartisan support. But recently versions have become tangled in political debates.

Community gardens hope to sow solutions to growing hunger

On a warm Wednesday morning, volunteers met outside All Saints Episcopal Church in the affluent Columbus suburb of New Albany.

The small law conservationists hope can have a (monarch) butterfly effect

At the Cincinnati Nature Center, patches of native plants are the setting for a sort-of scavenger hunt. Research ecologist Tess Mulrey stops at each milkweed plant she sees.

“Each individual plant is kind of searched from top to bottom,” she said, thumbing through the milkweed plant’s leaves.

How two Ohio counties are working to train and retain their workforce

This conversation is based on a Source Media Properties series called Tomorrow’s Talent: Shaping our Future Workforce. Read the entire series at richlandsource.com or ashlandsource.com.

Are you Ohio? According to the kids, that's not a good thing

There are longstanding profiles of certain states that, for better or worse, they can never shake. California's association with new age spiritualism, New Jersey's association with organized crime, and Florida's association with eclectic weirdness via their "Florida man" headlines.

Ohio’s 988 suicide crisis line launched two years ago. Here’s how it’s going

No matter what time you call the 988 suicide prevention line, someone is there to answer. Today, James Reeves picks up the phone.

“Thank you for calling 988. Can I help you?,” Reeves said into his headset on an August day at the Talbert House, a crisis call center in Cincinnati.

The Flotsam River Circus makes a splash in Ohio River towns

The sun is the only spotlight for the circus performers who bound onto a ramshackle raft, docked in Parkersburg, West Virginia just across the river from Belpre, Ohio.

A rural veteran firefighter's take on Ohio’s volunteer shortage

Ohio has nearly 400 vacant volunteer firefighter positions, according to job listings compiled by Make Me A Firefighter.

Meet the Dayton police officer headed to the 2024 Paralympics for wheelchair fencing

The 2024 Paris Paralympics start today and Dayton Police Officer Byron Branch will be participating.

Branch lost a leg in the line of duty back in 2016. Now, he’s headed to Paris to compete for gold.