From Bowling Green State University to Youngstown State, universities across Ohio saw an uptick in enrollment this semester.
But one demographic was noticeably left out of the trend: international students.
When you step into the Spangler Candy factory, the air smells like sugar.
Trays of circus peanuts rotate overhead. Workers hand place pinstripes onto candy canes. And lollipops pour into bags the size of pillows.
"You're in a candy factory, there's magic everywhere," said company president Bill Martin, one of the people in charge of this Wonka-like paradise.
On a bright September afternoon, a group of volunteers in purple shirts pulled a navy wagon through a quiet neighborhood in Elyria in northeast Ohio. Inside were boxes of Narcan — the brand name for naloxone, the medication that can quickly reverse an opioid overdose by restoring normal breathing.
At a hunting ground in Butler County, Don Boling walked down an overgrown wooded path, littered with fall foliage. It's one of his favorite spots to hunt deer in southwest Ohio.
Although there are no bucks or does in sight, the lifelong hunter still saw signs of them everywhere.
President Donald Trump has made headlines in recent months for sending federal troops to major metros from Memphis, Tennessee to Portland, Oregon.
More than 122,000 Ohioans live in long-term care facilities, like nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Like a lot of Ohioans, Gus Smithhisler gets the itch to carve a pumpkin each autumn. But, instead of going to a grocery store or a pumpkin patch, he brings in a forklift.
"We haven't had one this big for a while," the forklift operator told Smithhisler, as he directed a massive pumpkin onto a wooden pallet.
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels are performing in Ohio this weekend. But instead of playing the Agora Theater or the Beachland Ballroom, the octogenarian Rock and Roller will be playing the slightly more intimate venue: Wooster High School's Performing Arts Center. That's all because of an effort by Wooster High School's Class of 1971.
This story was originally published October, 21, 2025 on Midstory, a nonprofit newsroom based in Toledo.
It's a hard time to be a prospective homebuyer in Ohio and across the country. Home prices have barely declined in the last year, as interest rates have stayed steady.
