Chris Welter
Managing Editor, Eichelberger Center for Community VoicesChris Welter is the Managing Editor at The Eichelberger Center for Community Voices at WYSO.
Chris got his start in radio in 2017 when he trained at the Eichelberger Center for Community Voices. Most recently, he worked as a substitute host and the Environment Reporter at WYSO.
He is a graduate of Antioch College, where he edited the campus newspaper, The Record. He now sits on the newspaper's advisory board.
Chris is a lifelong Ohioan, born and raised in Columbus and currently living in Yellow Springs with his partner and their cats and dog. He moonlights as a mediocre disc golfer and loves cooking, hiking, and reading about Ohio history.
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Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones has been grabbing headlines because of his so-called “warden burger.” It’s a meal he serves inmates three times a day for seven days in a row if they are in disciplinary isolation.
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A federal judge ruled last week that Rosenberger, who represented parts of Clinton County, failed to show any evidence his political career was torpedoed because of the actions of the architect of House Bill 6, former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder.
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Last month, the United States Supreme Court limited the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate some of the nation's wetlands and waterways.
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"No one should be subjected to discriminatory treatment during police interactions," said Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a news release on its settlement with the Dayton Police Department stemming from the September 2021 arrest of Clifford Owensby.
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The State of Ohio plans to install Direct Current (DC) Fast Charging stations every 50 miles along most interstates within a couple of years.
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In the late 1970s, the Tremont City Barrel Fill was where companies like Procter & Gamble, PPG industries, and Waste Management (now WM) buried their unwanted waste.
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Ohio is fourth in the nation for anticipated renewable energy development in 2023 — enough energy infrastructure will be installed to power close to one point five million homes, according to data from the Energy Information Administration.
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Both the local air quality alerts and smoky skies are due to the wildfires blazing near Quebec, Canada.
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Hundreds of congregations have left the United Methodist Church (UMC) in Ohio so far this year due in-part to disagreements on LGBTQ+ marriage and ordination.
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The family drama — parts of which were shot in Ohio — follows a transgender woman returning home to the midwest to care for her ailing mother whom she hasn’t seen in years.