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a woman named megan grippa holds a tray of vegetable slices in cups. she stands in the school kitchen

How Lebanon Schools ditched the deep fryer, increased choices, and got more kids into the cafeteria

Megan Grippa has been working as Lebanon City Schools nutrition director since December 2023. She's being recognized for her work to provide healthy, appetizing meals to students.

Sheriff Richard Jones has placed a neon yellow sign that reads "Illegal Aliens Here" in front of his jail, off and on, for two decades.

Ohio jails are helping Trump’s mission of mass deportation

More Ohio jails are entering into agreements with ICE to hold people who have been arrested for lacking legal status.

A plain wooden coffin sits in the parlor of a Victorian home. The coffin is surrounded by candles. A portrait on the wall is draped in black fabric. And a man in modern clothes with a name tag stands to the side.

For the love of ghost stories: a look at two of Columbus' 'haunted' historic homes

Columbus has no shortage of ghost stories. The Ohio Statehouse is rumored to have has many ghosts, including Abraham Lincoln, who occasionally shows up to dance with a former governor’s daughter.

The Riehm Produce Farm corn maze, as seen from above.

In Ohio, corn mazes are serious business

Since arriving in the U.S. in 1993, corn mazes have become a staple of fall fun. Mazes are just one example of agritourism, an industry which nearly doubled in revenue in Ohio between 2017 and 2022.

Sarah Finney, owner of Finney Family Farms, sells produce to a customer. She sets up at the Covington Farmer's Market and has almost doubled their sales from last year in the past month.

How Greater Cincinnati farmers are keeping up with spiking costs

Some local produce farmers working together to keep costs low hope community bonds hold strong no matter the state of the economy

The Our City Our Say movement submitted three boxes with over 23,000 signatures to Columbus City Hall on July 16, 2026. If a little more than 12,000 are validated, the petition would force a charter amendment on the November ballot that could change how the city elects city council members.

Our City Our Say submits 23,000 signatures to force a vote on how Columbus elects city council

The proposed change would make it so only voters within each of Columbus' nine districts vote for their council member.

A prisoner in a court looks up. He stands between two lawyers who look disappointed. On either side of them, Sheriff's deputies look on.

Man sentenced to at least 78 years for shooting Mifflin Township police officers, violating parole

Daveonte Dixon received the sentence Monday after pleading guilty to attempted murder and felonious assault charges in June.

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra Releases New Recording

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra marks the beginning ofÂ it's 33rd season with a recording of specially commissioned works by three internationally-renowned…

Celebrate Beethoven's Birthday with a Google Doodle

Google is celebrating Beethoven's birthday with a little animated puzzle. Google is challenging year ear and music reading skills. You must arrange the…

Romney Tops GOP Straw Poll In Conservative SW Ohio

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has won a straw poll of GOP voters in southwest Ohio, a conservative corner of the battleground state. The…

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