The Franciscan University of Steubenville just admitted its largest freshman class ever: 772 students, according to school officials.
The school, on the far eastern edge of Ohio, had to open a new dorm before the start of the school year to accommodate them.
The gravel road to Moonville twists and turns through the dense woods of Hocking Hills in Vinton County. One side plummets to a stream bed far below.
“It’s remote enough that when people come up here, the drive scares them,” said Jannette Quackenbush, navigating the curves in her orange Jeep with care.
Every August on a small Lake Erie beach in the far Northeastern Ohio city of Conneaut, an invasion occurs.
But people don’t run for cover — instead they gather to watch a spectacle unfold as hundreds of history buffs, clad in historical WWII uniforms, reenact D-Day, June 6, 1944 when the Allies invaded Western Europe in World War II.
When Oumar Ball first arrived in Cincinnati, he was alone.
His first night in Ohio was spent on the floor of a mosque. He left his home in Mauritania, fleeing political violence and an oppressive government. Twenty-seven years on, the problem in his home country persists. Young men with stories just like Ball’s continue to arrive in Ohio.
There’s not enough child care in Allen County.
The Mound Cemetery in Marietta, on the eastern edge of Ohio, is home to an ancient Adena burial mound. The indigenous people lived in Ohio more than 2,000 years ago.
The site is also where some of Ohio’s earliest European settlers are buried.
The United Auto Workers union is in its third week striking against the Big 3 automakers: Ford, Stellantis and General Motors. Toledo’s Stellantis Jeep assembly plant was one of the first sites to walk off to protest wages.
A massive — and massively fluffy — Bernese Mountain Dog named Katarina is getting ready to start her volunteer shift with the Doggie Brigade at Akron Children's Hospital. Her handler, Jeannie Bussey, is a kindergarten teacher in Hartville who has been part of the Doggie Brigade for 17 years. Five generations of her dogs have gone through the program over the years.
This weekend, Ohioans will have a chance to see some of the state’s newest international landmarks, the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, up close and personal.
The heart of Mansfield, in north-central Ohio, isn’t a city hall or a sculpture or a fountain. It’s a carousel. Made locally in the '90s, it’s long been a cherished part of the community.
