In November, an Athens city employee got an email regarding payment for the construction of a new fire station.
Shortly after, the city paid an invoice for more than $700,000. But the money never reached the construction firm it was intended for.
Wittenberg University in Springfield is in financial distress, according to the Higher Learning Commission, a private nonprofit that accredits colleges and universities across the country.
That means it has more debt than income.
NASA's lease on its Washington, D.C. headquarters expires in three years. Some Ohio legislators say that's enough time to complete an important mission: convince the federal government to relocate the nerve system of NASA to Cleveland.
As Portsmouth resident Jay Hash drives through town, he’s quick to show off the city’s history and charm, from its famous floodwall murals to historic breweries.
Between the attractions, he points out the abundance of treatment facilities — an indicator of how the city has transformed since the opioid epidemic first hit.
Librarians at the Westwood and Price Hill branches of the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library got quite a surprise late last year. A copy of "Wild West" by Bertrand W. Sinclair was returned after 98 years.
Ohio deer are testing positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a neurological disease that is always fatal to animals like deer, moose and elk. It has infected more than 20 whitetail deer in five Ohio counties this past hunting season.
Brian Ames has spent the last decade filing upwards of 160 lawsuits against local governments.
“I go find public bodies that are not following the Open Meetings Act, and I bring cases against them that require them to comply with the law,” he explained.
The courtyard at Pickaway Correctional Institution hummed with activity on a sunny Wednesday in March. The prison’s residents stretched their legs under the warm sun and greeted this week’s visitors with the same ease of neighbors passing on the street.
Five years ago this month, Ohio issued an emergency stay-at-home order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Schools shut down. Child care providers stopped operating. Libraries paused their programming.
In a swampy wooded area in Athens County, David Funk moves swiftly past sycamores coming-of-age, and the frogs belting below them, to a small stand of walnut trees.
With the snip of his pruning shears, he clears off a low-hanging branch. It may seem destructive, but it’s a part of Funk’s forest management plan.
