Today From The Ohio Newsroom

Amid shortages, Ohio Supreme Court amends requirements for court interpreters

Across Ohio, there's a shortage of qualified court interpreters: people who can translate complex legal jargon for non-English speakers in the state.

Forget silver bells. At TubaChristmas, the back-of-the-band brass rings in the holiday

If you're part of an orchestra, here's a line you probably don't hear often:

"The melody with this one starts in the lowest tuba part."

But those are the words Ben Herrick uttered during a one-hour rehearsal last Sunday, as the Heidelberg University director of bands led an ensemble of tubas, baritones and euphoniums through a rumbling rendition of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."

Batter up! This Ohio teen was a first round pick for America's brand new professional baseball league

When London Studer was 11 years old, the central Ohio athlete had a big dream.

"To work harder, get stronger and become an MLB star," she said in a 2017 interview with WOSU Public Media.

Now, that dream is a step closer to reality.

100 years ago, Ohio's first female sheriff donned her badge

Southeast Ohio's Vinton County recently unveiled a new mural honoring the state's first female sheriff: the prisoner-wrangling, homicide-solving single mother of five — Maude Collins.

This Ohio village delivers baking staples, and holiday cheer, to neighbors who lost a spouse

Brown paper bags of flour and sugar might not seem like much, but the sustenance and sweetness within are part of a century-old Yellow Springs holiday tradition that connects community members.

Since 1894, staff members of this Greene County village have been delivering baking staples — and some good cheer — annually to their neighbors who have lost a spouse.

How might drones respond to 911 calls? Ohio will be the first in the nation to find out

When an emergency call comes in, first responders often don't have the luxury of knowing exactly what they're walking into. They may get a report that there's a fire, but no additional information on how large it is or where its hotspots are located.

It's led some emergency response departments to turn to drones, which can scope out the scene within minutes.

How the Tuskegee Airmen came to be stationed in Ohio

The Tuskegee Airmen started as an experiment.

Before World War II, the U.S. military didn't permit Black people to pilot planes.

A Cincinnati sitcom made a joke out of flying turkeys. But bird experts may have the last laugh

Even if you've never watched the '80s sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati", there's one line you're probably familiar with.

"As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly," says Dayton-native Gordon Jump, who plays WKRP station manager Arthur Carlson in the show.

Ohio high schools vote to allow student athletes to strike NIL deals, ending lawsuit

High school athletes can start striking name, image and likeness deals, after a vote of the schools that make up the Ohio High School Athletic Association. This means Ohio will join 44 other states in allowing NIL deals at the high school level.

How a text alert system is saving lives one "bad batch" at a time

A new harm reduction technique that started as a student project at Ohio State University is getting attention — and thousands of dollars in opioid settlement dollars — from Franklin County and the OneOhio Recovery Foundation.