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A brown Forest Service sign announces the Ring Mill Campground in the Wayne National Forest. Behind the sign, a forest of trees are losing leaves in the fall and a muddy service road runs past an old brick building.

Nearly 3,000 acres of Ohio’s only national forest auctioned off for oil and gas development

Nearly 3,000 acres of land in the Wayne National Forest were auctioned off for oil and gas development this week. Critics say it will damage the region’s natural resources, but industry officials feel it will be a boon for the area.

Columbus City Council member Christopher Wyche, flanked by Council President Shannon Hardin, talk about proposed regulations on data centers and large industrial developments at a news conference on September 16, 2026.

Columbus proposals take aim at data centers impact on water and energy costs in lieu of a ban

The city isn't moving forward with a temporary ban on data centers, despite polls showing strong support for such policy. No data centers are currently planned for the city, but those built in surround communities impact Columbus's water system.

Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy spoke in Hilliard, Ohio at an event on education policy hosted by the conservative group Americans for Prosperity on August 20, 2025. He laid out his vision for education reforms in Ohio.

Ohio governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy gives his vision for education at Hilliard event

Ramaswamy said he wants to increase teacher pay, but only if teacher's are moved to a merit based pay raise system rather than the system that is currently in place due to collective bargaining agreements.

A boy in a jacket shakes a handful of hay, which flutters to the ground in a large field.

Watkins High School students plant prairie as part of Licking Co. Meadows for Monarchs project

Private property owners, four schools, a church and Licking County seeded a total of 32 plots, ranging in size from 50 square feet up to several acres.

Dancers perform a scene from "Ordnung, An Amish Ballet Project" at The HÜG Place in Akron on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024.

Many Amish children don’t go to high school. One woman hopes to change that

In Ohio’s Amish communities, most children don’t go to school past the eighth grade. One non-practicing Amish woman is raising awareness about it through an unusual platform: ballet.

Former Union Institute & University Headquarters in Walnut Hills

Union Institute students are missing their loan refunds. Many employees still aren't being paid

The faculty council at Union Institute & University in Walnut Hills passed a vote of no confidence in President Karen Schuster Webb and Board of Trustees Chair Edgar Smith Jr. last week following a string of missed paydays and financial trouble in recent months.

DeWine speaks to a group of students at Urban Community School during a social studies class during a visit in mid-December 2023.

DeWine marks six months of expanded vouchers with Cleveland school visit

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine visited Urban Community School in Cleveland Monday to learn more about the private school’s model of providing supportive services on top of education. His visit comes roughly a half year after Ohio drastically expanded access to vouchers for private schools.

A man and a boy stand in the woods, looking up. They both have binoculars.

Gahanna teen named American Birding Association Young Birder of the Year

Thirteen-year-old Killian Sullivan of Gahanna has been birding for several years and is nearing his goal of spotting 700 American bird species.

Ohio State University faculty skeptical, but hopeful about new AI education initiative

Ohio State University announced last week it will launch a new initiative to embed AI education into the core of every undergraduate curriculum. The plan is meant to help students understand, question and innovate with AI across any university major.

Students walk by a building on Kent State University's campus.

SB1 took effect last week. Here’s how Ohio universities have responded

Ohio’s higher ed institutions are facing many changings under the legislative overhaul.

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