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Sparks fly from a welding tool as a person in safety gear works. The state has invested money to aid Ohio high school students in getting hands on experience in fields like advanced manufacturing.

Ohio bet big on career technical education. Advocates say it’s just the start

Career and technical education programs expanded in the state after a big investment. The Fordham Institute hopes to see more growth.

Ohioans gather in the rain outside the Ohio Statehouse while the Ohio Senate overrides Gov. Mike DeWine's vetos of a bill that limits health care for trans kids and bans trans kids from competing on girls' sports teams

Full appeals court orders judge to lift Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

The ban on gender-affirming care for minors, which was part of the Ohio law that also banned trans athletes in girls’ sports, was ruled unconstitutional last month.

Mansfield is revitalizing its downtown. It's a part of a long-term plan to revive the northeast Ohio city that was long in economic decline.

Ohio’s Rust Belt cities hope Intel investment can fuel their revival

Mansfield, and other cities within commuting distance of the planned Licking County Intel plant, are preparing for growth after a long period of decline.

Courtroom gavel with scales of justice in the background.

Dublin-based OCLC sues company for allegedly using its data to create competing product

Non-profit OCLC is suing Baker & Taylor, alleging the company is using data taken from OCLC's library cataloging product, WorldCat for their own competing product, BTCat.

On its opening day in October 2023. An estimated 20,000 people have seen the exhibit since then.

Exhibit detailing Ohio Indigenous history loses remainder of federal grant

"St. Clair’s Defeat Revisited: A New View of the Conflict" aims to share Ohio Indigenous history. It's among hundreds of National Endowment for the Humanities grant recipients to lose funds under the Trump administration.

Two yard signs for Columbus City Council candidates sit in yards. The bright purple and orange sign is for Tiara Ross. The black and white sign is for Kate Curry-Da-Souza.

Columbus City Council candidates took unique approaches to yard sign strategies ahead of primary

Columbus City Council candidate Tiara Ross took a more traditional approach to yard signs. Her lead rival Jesse Vogel chose not to invest campaign cash into the traditional campaign tool. Kate Curry-Da-Souza, who held far less campaign funds than Ross or Vogel, used recycled signs that were placed illegally in the right-of-way around the city.

A white container is full of freshly made bratwurst links.

How Bucyrus became the ‘Bratwurst Capital of America’

In 1929, Harry and Alta Carle opened a neighborhood grocery store in the north central Ohio city of Bucyrus. Generations later, the store — and city — is famous for its bratwurst.

Two dancers hold colorful yellow and red skirts, twirling them through the air.

As cities call off Cinco de Mayo parades, one Ohio community celebrates in full color

Cities like Chicago and Philadelphia cancelled their Cinco de Mayo parades this year, citing fears of deportation. Painesville decided to go ahead with its fiesta.

Republican Ohio Auditor Keith Faber marks the 100th conviction for fraud and corruption by his office since 2019 at a Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, news conference at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Faber called for increasing training for government employees on how to spot fraud and corruption and requiring them to speedily report suspected crimes, as a way of improving the state's ability to root out and prosecute bad actors and recoup taxpayer money.

Ohio Auditor: Department of Aging facing high staff turnover as state's senior population grows

The 100-page report states the agency has only retained 24% of its staff from 2017 to 2024. Ohio's population of people above the age of 60 is growing rapidly, but Ohio Auditor Keith Faber says the funding available for programs and services to support these individuals has largely stayed stagnant over the past 20 years.

William Husel continues testimony in defamation case against Mount Carmel

Former Mount Carmel doctor William Husel testified Tuesday about what he went through personally during an investigation into accusations that he overprescribed painkillers.

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