Today From The Ohio Newsroom

Ohio is expanding a program to help seniors age in place

The Ohio Department of Aging is expanding a program intended to help older adults live longer at home, instead of in a long-term care facility.

An airship fell on rural Ohio. A century later, residents still tell its story

Theresa Rayner has lived in Noble County her whole life. She said not much happens in the rural unincorporated community of Ava.

But, one morning, a century ago, it felt like the center of the universe.

"It really happened right here in our backyard," Theresa said, peering out across the interstate.

Once a swing state, does Ohio have any shades of purple left?

The Bowling Green State University Democracy and Public Policy Research Network released its latest poll of 800 registered Ohio voters last month.

Enrollment trends are up at Ohio universities, with a notable exception

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.

Smart trick-or-treaters know Dum-Dums are Ohio made

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.

In Lorain County, a door-to-door naloxone delivery is quietly saving lives

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.

These Ohio hunters are bagging bucks to feed their neighbors

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.

Politicians are focused on city crime. What about rural communities?

President Donald Trump has made headlines in recent months for sending federal troops to major metros from Memphis, Tennessee to Portland, Oregon.

A new Ohio council will bring nursing home residents together to voice their needs

More than 122,000 Ohioans live in long-term care facilities, like nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Meet the Ohio pumpkin carver turning gourds into gallery pieces

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.