Today From The Ohio Newsroom

Ohio schools got their report cards. Here's how they're faring

This week, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) doled out report cards for every public school district for the 2024-2025 school year.

How some Ohio counties are making it easier to represent yourself in court

Domestic court cases, like divorce, child custody or child support, are often complicated.

When people take on those cases without an attorney, the process can feel outright overwhelming, said Emily Kirsch, court administrator at Lorain County's Domestic Relations and Juvenile Court.

How pediatricians are helping more Ohio kids get dental care

Ohio kids on Medicaid are nearly twice as likely as kids nationwide to go to the emergency department for preventable dental issues, like cavities or tooth decay.

Advocates hope a new law could help more farmers afford health insurance

Each morning, Sarah Ison greets a coop of talkative chicks at her farm in southwest Ohio's Clermont County. They strut in excitement as she pours feed into bright red bowls.

"There's about 550 chickens in here and they'll go through a couple hundred pounds of

feed a day right now," Ison said, amid a cacophony of chirping.

Skunk lovers have a stinking good time at Ohio-based Skunk Fest

This is an edited version of an article originally published on September 2nd, 2025 by Midstory.

North Ridgeville, Ohio, resident Deb Cipriani's day begins before the sun rises.

A new Ohio nature preserve protects 3,000 acres of Appalachian foothills

Betty Lowe's family has owned nearly 3,000 acres of forested land in the foothills of Appalachian Ohio for the last century.

Now, the property is open to the public.

As church attendance drops, Ohio holy sites find new roles

The sun is still shining through stained glass windows of the sanctuary at St. Ladislas Church in Columbus. But the pews and the pulpit are gone.

How cuts to H2Ohio could impact the future of wetlands restoration

Before northwest Ohio was filled with fields of corn and soybeans, it was covered in slimy mud and standing water.

H2Ohio helped farmers reduce nutrient runoff. What happens after funding cuts?

Putnam County's Vennekotter Farms is more than five thousand acres. It's been in owner and operator Dennis Vennekotter's family since his great-grandfather founded it in 1906.

But, times have changed since then, Vennekotter said.

How kids are keeping history alive at an Ohio Underground Railroad museum

Built nearly two centuries ago in the early 1840s, the Hubbard House in northeast Ohio's Ashtabula County is old.

Docent Annie Reynolds is not.

"I learned in third grade about the Underground Railroad, and last year I came to the Hubbard House on a Girl Scout trip and I just loved it so much," the 11-year-old said.