Each New Year’s Eve, thousands of people in Port Clinton affix their eyes on a 600 lb. fiberglass fish. Cheers erupted as a crane slowly lowered Wylie the Walleye on the final night of 2023.
“Port Clinton, we’re about to drop a walleye out of the sky!” an announcer exclaimed to the crowd of festival goers at last year’s drop.
This article originally published on May 13, 2024.
Ginger MacCutcheon had plans to spend decades as a military medic in the Women’s Army Corps. She enlisted right out of high school, leaving northeast Ohio at the age of 18.
Each December, kids stomp their feet and sway in brightly colored, traditional African skirts at New Bethel Baptist Church in Youngstown. They jump and bow their heads to the rhythm set by a troupe of young drummers.
This article was originally published on May 3, 2024.
The walls in Don MacRostie’s studio in Athens County are covered in tools. Screwdrivers and scissors hang above tin cans full of markers and brushes. Piles of wood line tabletops and everything is covered in a light layer of sawdust.
This article was originally published on May 3, 2024.
The walls in Don MacRostie’s studio in Athens County are covered in tools. Screwdrivers and scissors hang above tin cans full of markers and brushes. Piles of wood line tabletops and everything is covered in a light layer of sawdust.
This article was originally published on Aug. 7, 2024.
Hal Jeter has been a family dentist in South Point, along the river where Kentucky and West Virginia meet Ohio, for nearly 30 years. He knows the dentist can be scary for kids, so he does his best to make tooth extractions and cavity fillings fun.
This article was originally published on Oct. 16, 2024.
When Maxx Richards was in sixth grade, they were having a really hard time at school.
“I went to my school counselor for doing self-harm,” they said.
If it weren’t for the colorful lights and holiday tunes marking Minford’s Christmas Cave as a seasonal destination, the entrance would be easy to miss.
This is the final story in a three-part series about the impact of solar tariffs on manufacturing overseas and in Ohio. The series was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
This is the second story in a three-part series about the impact of solar tariffs on manufacturing overseas and in Ohio. The series was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
