Today From The Ohio Newsroom

Meet Miss Wheelchair Ohio, an advocate for dancers with disabilities

This week, an Ohioan is competing for a national title that celebrates the advocacy and achievement of young women in wheelchairs.

This Ohio town pulls its weight – and then some – at America's biggest tractor competition

60,000 people are expected to fill the grandstands at the Wood County fairgrounds this weekend.

Last August, the stands were full. Instead of wearing jerseys and shouting team names, fans repped John Deere trucker hats and hollered for horsepower, as tractors of varying size rolled onto a dirt track for the National Tractor Pulling Championships in Bowling Green.

Can Ohio cities ban single-use plastic bags? Athens just found out

In 2023, the city of Athens voted to ban single-use plastic bags.

But a state appeals court ruled in July that the ban violates Ohio law and therefore can't be enforced.

Foster care placement costs are ballooning across Ohio. Here's why

In Lucas County, home to the city of Toledo, the cost to place children in foster care is soaring.

The county pays upwards of $21 million a year to place kids in the system. That's $9 million more than just a few years ago, said Randy Muth, executive director of Lucas County Children Services.

An Ohio mayor on the state's biggest municipal struggles

A national report shows that Ohio mayors are not alone in prioritizing local business growth.

The closure of Chillicothe's paper mill puts Ohio's logging industry in danger

Despite attempts to save it, the longstanding Pixelle Specialty Solutions in Chillicothe closed its doors permanently on Sunday.

The southern Ohio paper mill announced its planned closure in April after nearly 200 years of operating in Ross County. Local leaders and state representatives alike pushed to delay its shuttering, but ultimately the company ceased production this weekend.

Myrlande Constant's vibrant art plays 'ambassador' for Haiti in Ohio

Myrlande Constant creates intricately beaded tapestries, packed with vegetation, people, animals and various symbols from Haitian Vodou.

"'Painting with beads' as she calls it," said art historian Katherine Smith, who co-curated an exhibition of Constant's work at the Fowler Museum at UCLA in 2023.

Ohio's own NPR TikTok star heads to the big screen

Planet Money's Jack Corbett is best known for translating nebulous economic concepts into bite-sized, surreal TikToks that break down credit scores, tax brackets and the national debt.

This Ohio college has spent 50 years documenting the human cost of nuclear war

For the past five decades, Wilmington College's Peace Resource Center has preserved the stories and artifacts of nuclear war, in hopes of encouraging disarmament of nuclear weapons across the world.

'I'm suffering here': Trans woman shares struggles from behind bars in Ohio men's prison

Warning: There is discussion of sexual assault and anatomy in this story, which may not be suitable for younger audiences.

Riicara Janel Dior is a transgender woman currently serving time at the Grafton Correctional Institution — a men's prison in Lorain County. She's been there for over 30 years because of a murder conviction.