Today from The Ohio Newsroom

Swimming pools across Ohio are in the depths of a lifeguard shortage. But the Northside Pool in Youngstown is well-staffed and helping its youth thrive, thanks to a local lifeguard academy there.

In communities with an abundance of deer, Ohio hunters are donating their harvests to fight food insecurity.

The Hubbard House in northeast Ohio's Ashtabula County was an important stop on the Underground Railroad. After surviving a demolition threat, it has a unique strategy to ensure its future.

Toledo's long-time organizer of Kwanzaa, Diane Gordon, has passed the torch to her grandson, Rodney. They talked together about the meaning of the African American holiday.

The Cincinnati Coalition for Community Safety provides care and supplies to people experiencing homelessness and people with substance use disorders.

Longtime LGBTQ+ community leader Tristan Vaught began to medically transition just before their 46th birthday.

Women Writing for (a) Change, in Silverton, helps people channel their experiences into words.

Cincinnatian Neal Hoffman created the Jewish counterpart to the popular Elf on a Shelf.

Avimancy is a new project being led by a birding couple who are linking their ornithologic fascination to their art, exploring film, music, dance and more.

After millions in funding for USDA programs was canceled, only 12 businesses will be getting the money.

A network of new, high-tech weather monitoring stations could improve forecasts and emergency response in Ohio.

Ohio legal aid organizations are using opioid settlement dollars to connect people in recovery to attorneys.

In a small town in northern Ohio, a group of Mexican folk dancers will process through the streets on Saturday. They're celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Oil and gas production creates a lot of waste in Ohio. Much of it goes to the same landfills as household trash.

The Sight Center of Northwest Ohio recently unveiled a new historical marker with braille and audio components. The organization believes it's the first of its kind in the state.

In ‘Legacy of Daughters', an Ohio photographer traces the life of Paige Casto from infancy to adulthood.

The Ohio Supreme Court hopes some certification changes could ease a shortage of court interpreters.

Tubas are often relegated to the back of the band. But at TubaChristmas concerts across Ohio, they get a chance to shine.

Central Ohio native London Studer was a first round pick in the inaugural Women's Professional Baseball League draft.

Maude Collins became Vinton County's sheriff in 1925, after her husband was killed in the line of duty.

A Yellow Springs, Ohio, holiday tradition to deliver bags of flour and sugar to local widows and widowers dates back to 1894.

Ohio is launching the nation's first statewide drone program for first responders.

The Tuskegee Airmen, a group of Black pilots who helped desegregate the U.S. military, were stationed in Columbus following World War II.

In an iconic Thanksgiving episode of “WKRP in Cincinnati”, a failed turkey drop makes the news. But it may have (slightly) underestimated the large birds' flying abilities.

A Columbus-based nonprofit wants to alert drug users and their families across Ohio if there are reports of "bad batches" of drugs.

Eastern hellbenders are North America's largest salamanders. In Ohio, they're endangered.

Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill to legalize the sale of raw milk to consumers. The Ohio Dairy Producers Association opposes it.

James Floyd Smith and Leslie Irvin tested the first free-fall parachute at McCook Field in Dayton.

The Mohican Young Star Academy was almost shut down years ago. Today, staff, local law enforcement and community members say it's still struggling with violent incidents.

The use of psychedelics is on the rise. Ohio State University is launching a training program to ensure first responders know what to do.

In an environmental memoir, Ohio native Patrick Wensink traces northwest Ohio's toxic algal bloom problems back to its swampy roots.

A survey by the AARP found 24% of Ohioans identified as caregivers. Mant reported emotional and financial stress.

Ida Holdgreve and Katharine Wright helped sustain the Wright brothers' invention of flight.

Dirk Harkins says Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation saved his life. Now, he's working to ensure more rural Ohioans have access to the medical treatment.

Toledo residents continue to honor the lives of the men lost in the shipwreck made famous by Gordon Lightfoot's haunting ballad.

The Ohio Department of Aging is expanding a program to provide all-in-one care to older Ohioans — outside of a nursing home.

The wreck of the USS Shenandoah is ingrained in the identity of Noble County, where residents still preserve remnants of the Zeppelin today.

A recent poll from the Bowling Green State University Democracy and Public Policy Research Network found next year's midterm races in Ohio could be close.

From Cleveland State to the University of Cincinnati, international student enrollment at Ohio colleges has plummeted.

Northwest Ohio candy maker Spangler Candy produces about 12 million Dum-Dums lollipops every day.

In just three years, overdose deaths in Lorain County have dropped 55%. But the county's progress could be threatened by recent funding cuts.

In communities with an abundance of deer, Ohio hunters are donating their harvests to fight food insecurity.

Crime rates in Ohio's rural communities are often just as high as in the state's cities.

The Ohio Office of Long Term Care Ombudsman has launched a pathway for nursing home residents to connect across the state and make their voices heard.

Gus Smithhisler, known as ‘Squashcarver,' takes the fall tradition of pumpkin carving to a bigger scale.

The students won a Mitch Ryder concert in 1968, but the "Devil With A Blue Dress" singer didn't show. Now, he's making it right.

Since arriving in the U.S. in 1993, corn mazes have become a staple of fall fun. Mazes are just one example of agritourism, an industry which nearly doubled in revenue in Ohio between 2017 and 2022.

A recent data analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland shows that, in recent years, more out-of-state investors have bought up single family homes.

After receiving historic amounts of rainfall earlier this year, Athens County is embarking on a project to map flooding and erosion patterns.

The Sandusky Witches Walk, happening on Saturday, October 18, brings witches from across the world to Northwest Ohio for a massive costume contest and line dance.

Smoking rates are high in rural parts of Ohio, but screening for lung cancer there can be hard to come by. A new mobile unit aims to help.