In Northeast Ohio, rollerbladers show off their best tricks on a steep handrail to become ‘King of Cleveland.’ At a Columbus skate park, a group of unicyclists speeds down a ramp. Tucked away in the Appalachian hills, skateboarders flock to a graffiti-covered skatepark of world renown.
Between drones and electric airplanes, the field of aviation is rapidly advancing. But airports across Appalachia are struggling to keep up.
Last month, health officials across Appalachian Ohio gathered for the region’s inaugural summit on infectious diseases. It focused on a tiny arachnid that poses a huge threat: ticks.
The number of Ohioans dying from car accidents has surged in the last decade. The state has seen a 26% increase in traffic fatalities in the ten years between 2013 and 2023.
A new podcast from Ohio Newsroom member station WYSO explores the history of the Ohio tribes that were removed from the Ohio River Valley. The creators of The Ohio Country traveled around Ohio and Oklahoma to catch up to those tribes and tell the story of how they're reconnecting with the region.
This article was originally published on Feb. 22, 2024.
The lights dim at a community center in Akron, and a small crowd falls silent as about a dozen ballerinas take the stage.
They’re not dressed in pink tutus and pointe shoes. Instead, they wear black Amish dresses, their hair tied into bonnets.
This article was originally published on Nov. 17, 2023.
Athens County’s friendship benches are tucked discreetly into pockets of public spaces: libraries, a community center, the health department.
Sometimes they’re vacant.
This article was originally published on Apr. 9, 2024.
On the surface, there is nothing special about the dirt field Sarah Marshall is standing next to, just outside of Defiance. It sits off a country back road, empty and unmoving, like any other soybean field in northwest Ohio awaiting planting.
This article was originally published on Feb. 27, 2024.
Brenda Hart was released from West Central Community Correctional Facility in Marysville, 30 miles north of Columbus, in November. But she wasn’t able to go home, at least not in the way she hoped.
Up until just a couple years ago, Meigs County in southeast Ohio didn’t offer public transport. Now, it’s building a transportation hub.
Since it started offering transit services in 2022, the county has seen ridership more than double.
