Today From The Ohio Newsroom

Cha-ching: Ohio lands America's most prestigious coin collection

This story was originally published in Midstory, a regional news nonprofit based in Toledo.

Ohio communities finally receive their pot of cannabis tax funds

Ohio municipalities are receiving their promised tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales, more than a year after dispensaries opened their doors across the state.

More than $35 million in tax revenue has been sent to around 100 communities. Municipalities are using the 14 months' worth of funds for everything from street repairs to investing in public safety services.

Research projects look at health of humans and dogs in East Palestine, 3 years after train derailment

This story was originally published on Jan. 28, 2026 by the Allegheny Front.

Ohio was awarded $202 million for rural health. It's not enough to offset federal Medicaid cuts

Ohio is receiving more than $200 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid as part of a newly created federal program to strengthen health care in rural communities.

From muddy waters to a "mosaic of vegetation": how a project aims to restore the Sandusky Bay

On a calm November day on Lake Erie, the air wasn't filled with the sounds of squawking seabirds or even passing boats.

Rather, a dump truck rumbled down a rocky bank, depositing its load into the shallow water.

SNAP benefits are vulnerable to theft. In Ohio, there's no recourse for victims

Ohioans who rely on SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, pay for groceries with cards that are lacking a vital protection against cybercrime: a chip.

Years after reporting her abuser, one Ohioan gains closure

Yarenci Hernandez's abuse started the night she met her father. Born in Mexico City, she lived with neighbors until, when she was about seven or eight, her father came to take her to Columbus, Ohio.

"Even from the moment that I met him – because that was really the first time I had met him – I can remember the uncomfortable feeling I felt," said Hernandez.

Ohio students are being strip searched – and traumatized – over minor offenses

Across the country, children and teenagers are being strip searched by school administrators and staff, who are often looking for vape pens or other minor contraband.

What happens when a community's homeless shelter closes? This eastern Ohio city is finding out

Community members in Steubenville are working together to help unhoused people, after the eastern Ohio city's homeless shelters closed.

Urban Mission Ministries shuttered both its emergency shelter and one for women and children in October, citing financial strain.

Now, three months later, the community has yet to find a long-term solution to shelter people in need.

How an Ice Age relic was rediscovered in rural Ohio

In 1978, residents in the small community of Winameg in rural northwest Ohio discovered several bones of a mammal dating back to the Ice Age: a mastodon.

Bowling Green State University studied the mastadon skeleton, then sent it to the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology collection, where much of it still resides today.

But not every bone made it out of Fulton County.