A new podcast from Ohio Newsroom member station WYSO explores the history of the Ohio tribes that were removed from the Ohio River Valley. The creators of The Ohio Country traveled around Ohio and Oklahoma to catch up to those tribes and tell the story of how they're reconnecting with the region.
This article was originally published on Feb. 22, 2024.
The lights dim at a community center in Akron, and a small crowd falls silent as about a dozen ballerinas take the stage.
They’re not dressed in pink tutus and pointe shoes. Instead, they wear black Amish dresses, their hair tied into bonnets.
This article was originally published on Nov. 17, 2023.
Athens County’s friendship benches are tucked discreetly into pockets of public spaces: libraries, a community center, the health department.
Sometimes they’re vacant.
This article was originally published on Apr. 9, 2024.
On the surface, there is nothing special about the dirt field Sarah Marshall is standing next to, just outside of Defiance. It sits off a country back road, empty and unmoving, like any other soybean field in northwest Ohio awaiting planting.
This article was originally published on Feb. 27, 2024.
Brenda Hart was released from West Central Community Correctional Facility in Marysville, 30 miles north of Columbus, in November. But she wasn’t able to go home, at least not in the way she hoped.
Up until just a couple years ago, Meigs County in southeast Ohio didn’t offer public transport. Now, it’s building a transportation hub.
Since it started offering transit services in 2022, the county has seen ridership more than double.
Americans celebrate Independence Day with parade floats decked out in red, white and blue, hot dogs fresh off the grill, and sparkler streaked sketches into the summer night.
But perhaps no symbol is more iconic of Fourth of July festivities than the American flag itself.
More than three months after a series of tornadoes tore through Ohio, the deadline for victims to apply for federal assistance is closing.
When Emma Gatewood was 67 years old, she hiked from Georgia to Maine, becoming the first woman to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail in 1955.
Two years later, she did it again.
Affectionately called Grandma Gatewood, Emma spent much of her life in the woods or in her garden. She died in 1973 and is buried in the Ohio Valley Memory Gardens near her home in Gallia County.
At first glance, Great Council State Park in Xenia Township, Greene County looks like any other in Ohio: a stretch of prairie, a smattering of trees, trails that lead off into the forest. But its location is part of what makes it special: it sits on the former site of Old Chillicothe – one of the largest-known 18th century Shawnee villages in Ohio. Now, it’s the 76th Ohio state park.
