Holiday

State fire officials say it was the highest number of fire-related deaths for the period since 2013, and cold weather may be a direct factor.

WYSO’s Jerry Kenney spoke to Julie Manuel, the clinical program manager at Kettering Behavioral Health Medical Center, to find out what you can do to alleviate holiday stress!

Friday, Dec. 23 and the Mondays of Dec. 26 and Jan. 2 are expected to be the busiest travel days in the next few weeks. Here's how to get around with ease.

A study from the University of Cincinnati’s Economics Center shows a 3.4% growth in spending during the holiday season compared to last year, but the numbers fall short of the growth forecasted in 2021.

Cleveland, Akron and Lorain food banks report it’s been a challenge to secure turkeys and holiday food this year.

But while most numbers are trending upward, the number of deaths is going down.

The holiday season can be full of joy and merriment, but it can also bring disappointments, arguments, and stress, said Phil Buck, a social worker for the YMCA of Greater Cleveland. Expectations of the perfect holiday can be one of the main drivers of this stress, Buck said. “We work very hard to make the holidays look like a Hallmark commercial, and sometimes they don’t, and that can be very stressful,” he said. The holidays usually aren’t perfect. Instead they can be messy and not go as we expect, he said.

Shopping locally this holiday is one way to support businesses that have fought to stay open through the pandemic.

A virtual discussion hosted by Sinclair Community College gave a platform for scholar Eddie Glaude Jr. to speak about Juneteenth becoming a federally recognized holiday.

Christmas can be such a wonderful time of year. For some, it can be a time of reflection of the year swiftly falling behind us, or a reminder of…

The Christmas shopping season is when millions of Americans are hoping to find bargains, but at least one holiday staple has gotten more expensive. According to the payment services company Square, the average price for a real Christmas tree in Ohio is just over $61 or about 5 percent higher than in 2016. So why are these evergreens more expensive? For one thing, the overall supply of Christmas trees is down.

One of the best things about the WYSO Archives is the sheer variety of recordings we have. There are news reports, documentaries, radio dramas, and…