Today From The Ohio Newsroom

The key to curbing Ohio’s chronic absenteeism? Community partnerships and early intervention

Chronic absenteeism is a problem in Ohio.

Three ways to discover local music in 2024

Cleveland is home to the Rock n’ Roll Music Hall of Fame and early punk pioneers. Dayton is known as the “land of funk”. Cincinnati housed a former record label that turned out R&B hits and Columbus was once teeming with jazz legends.

Five ways to spend more time in Ohio’s great outdoors in 2024

Spending time outside has a lot of benefits for both physical and mental wellness.

Research shows being outside encourages physical activity, social interaction and decreases stress.

But making time to get outside isn’t always easy, especially during a cold, dreary Ohio winter.

Three ways to read more Ohio authors in 2024

For Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter Seymour, reading is a way of better understanding her home state and all of its nuances.

As a ninth generation Appalachian, Seymour regularly writes about her home in southeast Ohio. She said reading authors from our region can be a way of building bridges with our neighbors, no matter how distinct their experiences may be.

An Ohio Kwanzaa performance uses an age-old folktale to look to the future

“Places, places from the top!”

Standing in the middle of a bright yellow room decorated with African art, Deondra Kamau Means called out instructions to a group of energetic children.

“That means you go back to the spot you were with your group,” he explained to one child, as she scampered across the wooden floor of the rehearsal space.

Thousands of Ohio kids aren’t getting proper eye care. One bus is bringing glasses on the go

The state department of health released a report earlier this year that shows 80% of kids in Ohio who fail vision screenings don’t receive follow-up eye care.

That number is the worst the state has reported since at least 2017, and it’s even higher in rural counties.

This Ohio town lets you visit Christmas Past; no ghost required

A stroll down the main street in Cambridge looks a lot different in December. The quiet, quaint town gets unusually busy. Its benches are filled with couples carrying presents. Carolers stand on the edge of the sidewalk. Salesmen peddle candles and apples.

Improper conduct: How the harmless error doctrine lets prosecutors’ mistakes slide

The testimony came nine days into the murder trial that would send Deonte Baber to prison for much of his life — testimony that was improperly introduced by the state’s key witness.

Improper conduct: how undisclosed evidence can put Ohioans behind bars

Michael Buehner served 12 years of an 18-to-life prison sentence for murder before finding evidence that would support his innocence claim — evidence that Cuyahoga County prosecutors in Ohio withheld from him and his attorneys.

He lost two appeals and was starting to lose hope when, one day, a friend visited him in prison, armed with a stack of police reports.

Could the Ohio River Valley be a carbon capture and storage hub?

In the concluding weeks of what’s shaping up to be the hottest year on record, world leaders met at the U.N.’s annual climate conference to discuss ways to curb climate change.