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Free brain stimulation therapy available for veterans and first responders in Northeast Ohio
BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio — The Food and Drug Administration approved Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, or TMS, for depression back in 2008. Since then, it's been approved for obsessive-compulsive disorder, headaches, and even used to help people stop smoking. It's a drug-free, non-invasive treatment that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve...
Solvita Anniversary comes during Emergency Blood Shortage
DAYTON, Ohio – Solvita introduced its new name on Labor Day weekend one year ago and will celebrate the anniversary under an emergency alert blood shortage with an immediate need for more donors. On Sept. 1, 2023 the region’s first blood center and global tissue bank retired the original...
A big Labor Day weekend event in Tipp City is the place to be!
If you’re looking for events to do over the weekend, you must attend the Tippapalooza event on Saturday!. It takes place in downtown Tipp City. It’s their annual music festival featuring live music, food trucks, adult beverages and more. For over a decade, Tippapalooza has brought together the best of live music in the Miami Valley for a grassroots festival in Tipp City, Ohio. Tippapalooza will present the best in regional musical talent: The New Old-Fashioned, Freya’s Feline, The Tyler Cochran Trio, and Colin Richards & Spare Change.
20% of Ohio high schoolers vape, double the national average, study shows
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The percentage of high school students who vape in Ohio is double the national average, recently published data shows. The nonprofit Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids analyzed state surveys conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2023, finding the percentage of high school students who reported using e-cigarettes […]
MORPC gets $15 million to install more electric vehicle charging stations in central Ohio
The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has been awarded a $15-million grant from the Federal Highway Administration to expand electric vehicle infrastructure across central Ohio, the commission announced Thursday. The federal grant is earmarked for MORPC's Mid-Ohio Regional Equity for Electric Vehicle Stations (MORE EVS) project, and will facilitate the expansion of electric vehicle...
How Project 2025’s education policies mirror Ohio bills and universal private school vouchers
Editor's note: This article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal. From universal private school vouchers to stripping away diversity and inclusion requirements, censoring classrooms, and targeting LGBTQ students — some of Ohio’s education laws and bills mirror the goals outlined for a second Trump administration in Project 2025.
National Aviation Hall of Fame celebrates new ‘Innovation Lab’
Parents at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force often admonish young children not to touch the exhibits. Friends of the National Aviation Hall of Fame Thursday cut the ribbon on a corner of the museum where touching will always be encouraged. The hall (or “NAHF”) opened the Joe...
10 years after Ferguson, local activists continue to call for police reform
It’s been ten years since the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson. In Dayton, local activists marked the anniversary with a discussion about police reform and racial discrimination. It was hosted on Aug. 27 at the Dayton Metro Library, in partnership with the University of Dayton’s Center for...
Dayton P.D.'s 'Beat Auto Theft' program fights car thefts; needs people to sign up
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- The Dayton Police Department (DPD) continues to fight back against car thefts in the city. The department re-started a program that had not existed in decades, which they hope will deter the thefts since there has been a spike over the past couple of years. DPD...
Ohio National Guard members set to deploy
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) — National Guard members from the Springfield area will deploy at the end of the month. Thirty members of the Ohio Army National Guard’s 1137th Signal Company, located in Springfield, are deploying soon. The deployment will support the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility for Operation Spartan Shield. A call to duty […]
New Ohio program advocates for more open-arm work policies, targets stigma on substance use disorders
CINCINNATI — From incarceration to her job's Core Value Role Model of the Year, Amanda Hall has come a long way. Approaching seven years of recovery from a substance abuse disorder, Hall earned a round of applause Friday from a room of peers and strangers. After drug use landed her a three-year sentence in state prison, she was given a second chance at success in 2019 when her employer looked past her felony convictions and decided to hire her.
Ohio high school football scores | Stark County scoreboard from OHSAA Week 2
Ohio high school football's regular season continued Friday night with Stark County-area teams in action. Here's a look at the final area scoreboard for Week 2 games. Stark County high school football scores - Week 2 Friday - Aug. 30Massillon 45, GlenOak 0 | FINAL | StoryMcKinley 14, Avon 21 | FINAL | StoryFitch 27, Jackson...
Popular fast-food chain to close 9 locations, including 1 in Ohio
NEW YORK — Shake Shack, the popular fast-food chain known for its hamburgers, fries and milkshakes, is closing nine underperforming locations nationwide, including one in Ohio, reports say. Nation’s Restaurant News reports the chain made a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission identifying the underperforming company-owned locations in...
Stackable apartments could be the quick fix for Central Ohio's housing shortage
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A new type of housing development is coming to the east side of Columbus. Think of it like LEGOS. Massive blocks of steel are stacked together to create an apartment building. Brad DeHays, founder of Connect Real Estate, said the stackable, modular housing concept allows...
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