Franklin county election officials notified the public Wednesday that they missed hundred of ballots in the unofficial tally for Tuesday’s special election in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District. WOSU’s Nick Evans reports, they'll be included in the official canvass later this month.
Montgomery County health officials say the number of drug overdoses is rising. Montgomery is among seven counties across Ohio that are seeing a spike in drug-related emergency room visits and overdoses this summer.
The Ohio Supreme Court has likely dealt the final blow to what was the state’s largest online charter school, ruling the state could base funding for the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow on student participation, not enrollment. Statehouse correspondent Andy Chow reports.
When early settlers came to Ohio around two hundred years ago, they cleared the vast forests - they wanted open land - to build houses, to grow crops, and raise livestock.
As more people arrived, it became common practice to leave a narrow strip of uncultivated land between you and your neighbor. These natural fence rows were a way to designate property boundaries and help keep livestock from wandering away.
With the advance of industrial farming methods in the 1970’s, the old practice of maintaining natural fence rows became a hot topic between conservationists and modern farmers. County Lines, producer Renee Wilde looks at the issue from both sides.
In the age of online classifieds, some people still use the old-school method –– posting flyers or business cards on bulletin boards around town. Bulletin Board Diaries brings you some of the stories behind these Miami Valley ads. Today, we visit the home of a Xenia woman who works as a doula (DOO-luh). Doulas are trained professionals who provide support to women before, during and just after childbirth. WYSO's Jerry Kenney has the story.
The week on Senior Voices, we meet 93 year-old Eleanor Kohlmann. Born Eleanor Dell in 1926 in Yellow Springs, her family moved to Belmont when she was just a small child. Eleanor shared her memories with Dayton Metro Library interviewer, Brandon Ulman.
Bill Felker has this week's edition of Poor Will's Almanack.
