Today From The Ohio Newsroom

Garrett Morgan’s long road to inventing the modern-day traffic light

Garrett Morgan was born in 1877 in Paris, Kentucky. His parents were Sydney Morgan and Elizabeth Reed, who were both formerly enslaved.

Quitting vaping is hard. New research shows quitline coaching helps

In an effort to identify ways to help young people quit vaping, researchers at Ohio State University launched a study.

They recruited more than 500 participants between the ages of 18 and 24, most of whom vaped every day, and offered them up to two quitline coaching calls.

How some Ohio cities are bringing new life to old malls

Just off Interstate 75 at exit 68 north of Dayton, the Tipp City Plaza once bustled with businesses, offering a convenient spot to pick up groceries, dry cleaning and lunch all in one stop.

These days, though, about half the storefronts are vacant.

An “AVAILABLE” sign leans against a window so dirty people have drawn shapes into the dust.

Painting Dayton’s skyscrapers: how local artists are using their craft to inspire youth

Inside Willis Bing Davis’s studio, a series of portraits hung on the wall: a charcoal drawing of basketball coach Troy Pearson, an oil painting of Judge Mia Wortham Spells, a digital photo ren

Recreational marijuana sales remain high, six months since legalization

In November of 2023, Ohio became the 24th state to vote to legalize adult-use cannabis. In August of 2024, dispensaries across the state opened their doors.

How Aminah Robinson changed the world — and Ohio — with her art

Off of Sunbury Road on Columbus’s northeast side, the two-story home of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson stands apart from its neighbors. The front doors have painted images of smiling Black women surrounded by boldly colored sections of red, orange, blue, green and white. Instead of a grassy lawn, there’s bricks and rocks.

An Ohio veterinarian explains how to curb the spread of bird flu

Ohio has been the hardest hit by the national outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. The devastating infection, which often leads farmers to euthanizing whole flocks, has been detected in 10 Ohio counties in recent months.

Ohio counties are adopting a new 911 system: here’s why that’s a big deal

Ohio’s emergency response system is getting a major upgrade.

Rural eastern Ohio’s Washington and Monroe counties have become the first in the state to implement Next Generation 911 (NG911), an internet-based emergency response system that allows Ohioans in an emergency to text and send photos and videos.

As costs increase and enrollment declines, small Ohio colleges adapt to survive

A perfect storm of rising costs and enrollment challenges has some small private colleges in Ohio, and across the country, facing an existential crisis.

Study shows winters on the Great Lakes are getting two weeks shorter each decade

Winters on the Great Lakes are getting shorter.

A recent study published in the Environmental Research Letters found the lakes are losing an average of 1.43 days of ice-cover and near freezing surface water temperatures each year.

That adds up to about two weeks every decade.