Today from The Ohio Newsroom

Amid the data center boom, local governments across Ohio are temporarily banning the facilities.

The LGBTQ advocacy organization GLAAD tracked more than 1,000 acts of hate against the LGBTQ community last year. Dozens were in Ohio.

Ohio is home to the first federally licensed HBCU radio station in the country. WCSU, based at Central State University in Wilberforce, started broadcasting more than fifty years ago.

AgrAbility connects aging and injured Ohio farmers with the free assistive technology they need to stay out in the fields.

The new podcast is about a conspiracy that took place in Ohio and several other Midwestern states during the Civil War.

The Zanesville Police Athletic League boxing gym has been a refuge for community youth for decades – but with rising utility costs, the gym has struggled to stay open this winter.

The Lorain native will be honored with events over the next year across the state.

Dozens of public comments opposing the $98 million Crossroads Solar project appear to be fabricated. Ohio's siting board is considering whether to approve the project.

Last year, the Malta and McConnelsville Fire Department in southeast Ohio tested an artificial intelligence tool to improve emergency care, with promising results.

A team of students and faculty at Kenyon College are working to create a tool that can restore deteriorating historical documents.

A team of students and faculty at Kenyon College are working to create a tool that can restore deteriorating historical documents.

Gwyneth Philips is one of several hockey players with Ohio ties who will take to the ice in Milan for the winter Olympics.

Boasting the most prestigious coin collection in the United States, the American Numismatic Society is renowned for its curation of and research on the history of currency. Now they're trading their New York digs for Toledo.

Ohio is getting more than $200 million as part of the Rural Health Transformation Program, a federal fund to invest in rural health.

Scientists say an innovative shoreline restoration project could curb erosion and improve water quality in the Sandusky Bay.

Ohio EBT cards lack the technology that protects credit and debit cards from theft. Advocates warn many more Ohio families could have their benefits stolen if they're not upgraded.

Yarenci Hernandez reported her birth father's abuse 13 years ago. His conviction only happened last month.

A Bloomberg Law investigation found that school districts in 19 states, including Ohio, have faced lawsuits for strip searching children and teenagers.

A mastodon bone will be on display at the Museum of Fulton County, nearly half a century after its original discovery.

In Washington County, local officials have passed resolutions in an attempt to protect drinking water from fracking waste. State officials haven't taken heed.

Washington County in southeast Ohio has more injection wells storing wastewater from oil and gas drilling than the entire state of Pennsylvania.

Washington County in southeast Ohio has more injection wells storing wastewater from oil and gas drilling than the entire state of Pennsylvania.

Ohio has hundreds of injection wells that store waste from oil and natural gas production. In one southeast Ohio city, they're causing concern.

The majority of Ohio's volunteer fire departments are staffed by volunteers. While the number of volunteers is decreasing, the number of calls those departments have to respond to is increasing.

Ohio's volunteer firefighting system depends on the sacrifice of aging, underpaid and overworked Ohioans who serve their communities out of pride.

When many Ohioans call 911, the people who show up to help in their darkest hours are volunteers, armed with as little as 36 hours of training and often tasked with fighting bigger fires with fewer people than career departments.

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.