Painesville's Cinco de Mayo celebration featured folkloric dancing, music and lots of Mexican food.
As 2025 comes to the end, photographs shed light on the events that shaped this year.
From quiet moments, to press conferences, to pivotal scenes, WYSO and our partners at The Ohio Newsroom were there to document what was going on.
Here are some of our favorites of the year.
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A yak-cattle mix stands in Blake Mathy's muddy field after a rainfall. The Union County farmer is one of just a handful of farmers that raise the Himalayan animals in Ohio
Alia Hunt aims her BB gun at a red balloon at the "Miss Annie Oakley" sharpshooting competition in Greenville. Before she was a globe-trotting sharpshooter in skirts and fringe, Annie Oakley was just a kid with a rifle in rural Darke County, Ohio. Each year, her hometown of Greenville keeps her legacy locked and loaded through a friendly sharpshooting competition.
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The Ohio Newsroom
Gus Smithhisler, the 'Squashcarver,' poses in front of his latest pumpkin carving creation in Dublin. Smithhisler is an engineer by trade, but started growing giant pumpkins as a hobby a couple decades back.
Heather and Joel Buyer check out the newly installed universal changing table in Fayette County. It will make a big difference for families like theirs across the state. The lack of accessible restrooms leaves families with few choices: stay at home or change their loved ones in uncomfortable, sometimes unsanitary conditions.
Folkloric dancers twirl colorful skirts through the air during a Cinco de Mayo presentation in Painesville. Some communities cancelled celebrations this year amid fear about immigration enforcement, but Painesville still held their festivities.
