© 2026 WYSO
Our Community. Our Nation. Our World.
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
WYSO Today

WYSO Today: August 21, 2026

By Mike Frazier
Published August 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT
Ways To Subscribe
The CEO of Revive Environmental, Rick Gillespie (center) pictured with firefighters from a fire department whose foam they collected and destroyed. Revive took part in the first phase of the AFFF Takeback Program, which the state will now expand.
Revive Environmental
/
Contributed
The CEO of Revive Environmental, Rick Gillespie (center) pictured with firefighters from a fire department whose foam they collected and destroyed. Revive took part in the first phase of the AFFF Takeback Program, which the state will now expand.

WYSO Today brings you news and weather for Dayton and Southwest Ohio. An effort to destroy toxic firefighting foam is moving into another phase; a new poll shows a close race for Ohio governor but not so close for Ohio's U.S. senator; and a new form is required for those who wish to change the gender that's shown on their driver's license which some say is a sudden and cumbersome change.

WYSO Today
Mike Frazier
A chance meeting with a volunteer in a college computer lab in 1987 brought Mike Frazier to WYSO. He is a lifelong Daytonian and the host of Morning Edition.
See stories by Mike Frazier