Tom Stafford

Those who gathered October 11 to celebrate a 40-foot mural of Springfield Civil Rights activist Hattie Moseley were like the mural itself: fresh, vibrant, of many colors and bathed in sunlight. WYSO Clark County Reporter Tom Stafford was there.

Blontas was her given first name. But Springfielders of every strata knew her as Winkie Mitchell. She was 70 when she died September 1, two days after a brain aneurism. In interviews with WYSO Clark County reporter Tom Stafford, Mitchell’s friends described a life lived in love, advocacy, sacrifice — and the belief that all of us can learn to be a little more human.

They’re called Shovel Bums -- the oddballs and vibrant souls who do under-the-radar archaeology at construction projects all over the world.

A Springfield business is sold to it's employees.

Lauren Kelley stepped onto the Springfield political scene after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. At a time when tensions were soaring nationally, her goal was to help establish a working relationship between the police and the Black community.

Springfield of the 1960s and 70s was’ an industrial town full of hot, gritty foundries. Jack Palmer, the son of a foundry foreman, knew those dim lit places as well as any foundry rat. In them, he learned the fundamental lessons that now have products with his name – and his father’s – in 27 countries.

In the past 15 years, Springfield, Ohio's downtown has been on a steady road to revitalization. By this spring, a block of Fountain Avenue at ground zero of the effort should have all its storefronts occupied for the first time in decades.

WYSO reporter Tom Stafford speaks with retired Clark County Extension agent of the Tecumseh Land Trust, Mike Haubner. He talks with Tom about the importance of maintaining Ohio's farmland and high-quality soil.

Karin VanZant has been working at CareSource to help millions of Americans on Medicaid find the care they need through both social services and medical aid.

COVID-19 didn’t stop the sap from rising in the maple trees around the towns of Selma, South Charleston and Pitchin in Clark County, but it did sideline some of the people who usually help Ben Hamilton make his maple syrup. So WYSO Clark County reporter Tom Stafford volunteered. After 265 gallons of syrup had been made, he filed this report.