Today From The Ohio Newsroom

As short-term rentals expand, Ohio cities add new regulations

Short-term rental companies, like Airbnb and VRBO, have become mainstream for travellers.

From the sidelines to state titles: Ohio girls are redefining football

Nordonia High School, in Northeast Ohio's Macedonia, recently won the first girls flag football state championship sanctioned by the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

The championship on May 16 was streamed online and televised statewide, showing that the football field – once a boys-only space – is for girls, too.

An Ohio research station could shut down as part of national Forest Service reorganization

A U.S. Forest Service research station in McArthur is one of 57 "under evaluation" for possible closure as part of a national reorganization announced at the end of March.

Why one Ohio city claims to be the 'capital of cornhole'

You can tell if a cornhole player is good by the sound alone. A thud flat on the wooden board shows control. A slide off of the slick tilted surface into the gravel might elicit an 'oof'.

But the best players barely make a sound. Their bags leave the players hand, soar 20 feet or so and land cleanly in the board's hole, without touching anything in between.

A rural Ohio brewery is turning beer waste into farm fuel

This week, the Ohio Newsroom is joining NPR to tell local stories about climate solutions, as the federal government walks back environmental regulations.

A crowd of regulars were getting restless outside a small craft brewery in rural Coshocton County earlier this month.

The bipartisan push to fund Ohio River Basin restoration

This week, the Ohio Newsroom is joining NPR to tell local stories about climate solutions, as the federal government walks back environmental regulations.

Clothes are flowing to landfills. University of Dayton students are trying to decrease the waste stream

This week, the Ohio Newsroom is joining NPR to tell stories about climate solutions on the local level, as the federal government walks back environmental regulations.

Cincinnati has plans to make its own biochar. The ingredient is helping local trees grow

This week, the Ohio Newsroom is joining NPR to tell local stories about climate solutions, as the federal government walks back environmental regulations. 

In Cincinnati, local parks have been using an ingredient called biochar to help trees grow. They've been purchasing it from out of state, but soon, the city will be making its own.

A visit to the country's only manufacturer of metal whistles

There's only one factory left in the country that manufactures metal whistles and it's based on the north side of Columbus.

The American Whistle Corporation in Worthington has been producing the game-stopping gadget since 1956.

Pirates invade Buckeye Lake for third annual festival

This weekend, central Ohioans will don tricorn hats and raise the skull and crossbones on pontoon boats, speedboats and jet skis for the third annual Buckeye Lake Pirate Festival.

Retirees Kelly and Neena Collins of Hebron helm the gathering that celebrates a romanticized version of the old-timey, sea-faring swashbucklers.