The earth sciences room at Springmill STEM Elementary school doesn't look like a typical elementary school classroom. There's a world map on the ceiling lighting up specific countries, a wall display where students can connect wires to learn circuitry, and a big table that simulates earthquakes.
This article was originally published on October 8, 2025.
In a small upstairs room of a Toledo church, Del Ray Grace is preserving a sacred piece of his Pentecostal upbringing. It isn't an altar or a cross – it's a steel guitar.
This article was originally published on July 16, 2025.
When Kevin Tarpley was a young lifeguard in the '70s, the city of Youngstown had almost a dozen public swimming pools.
"You had a pool on every side of town — maybe one or two pools, one side had three," he said.
This article was originally published on October 29, 2025.
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.
This article was originally published on Sept. 5, 2025.
Built nearly two centuries ago in the early 1840s, the Hubbard House in northeast Ohio's Ashtabula County is old.
Docent Annie Reynolds is not.
Diane Gordon has led Toledo's Kwanzaa tradition for more than 50 years. She still remembers feeling starstruck at her first celebration in northwest Ohio in 1967 in her aunt's home.
Earlier this year, WVXU in Cincinnati hosted Next Gen Radio. The organization trains the next generation of journalists, teaching them how to report and produce a non-narrated audio piece. This week, we're sharing a few of their stories.
Earlier this year, WVXU in Cincinnati hosted Next Gen Radio. The organization trains the next generation of journalists, teaching them how to report and produce a non-narrated audio piece. This week, we're sharing a few of their stories.
Earlier this year, WVXU in Cincinnati hosted Next Gen Radio. The organization trains the next generation of journalists, teaching them how to report and produce a non-narrated audio piece. This week, we're sharing a few of their stories.
Over a decade ago, Neal Hoffman's son spotted an Elf on a Shelf. The magical toy pops up around Christmastime to tell Santa whether children have been naughty or nice.
Hoffman's son wanted one. But there was just one problem: the Jewish family didn't celebrate Christmas.
"I kind of made this joke and said, 'No, man, you can have mensch on a bench'," Hoffman recalled.
