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12/09/2024

Veteran homelessness is declining in Ohio — down 5% in the last year, according to the most recent annual count. Nationwide, the number of homeless vets is lower than it’s ever been since those counts began in 2009.

Ohio organizations from Cincinnati to Toledo hope to build tiny home villages for homeless and housing insecure veterans.

12/09/2024

The federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, or LIHTC, program started in 1986. It gave states the equivalent of around $10 billion a year to issue tax credits for the rehab or construction of affordable rental housing. That led to the creation of more than three and a half million affordability-restricted rentals between 1987 and 2022 across the United States.

Affordability restrictions for about 14,000 rental homes in the state will expire in the next five years.

12/08/2024

The white brick, 1950's-style retro diner on West Broad Street has stood since 1989 when Tommy Pappas and his wife Kathy founded it.

Athanasios "Tommy" Pappas passed away at 71 on Monday. His son and the diner's current owner, Michael Pappas, posted a message to the diner's page announcing his father's death.

12/08/2024

Last June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cities can arrest or fine people experiencing homelessness for sleeping outside – even if there is no alternative shelter available. Since the federal ruling, small cities across Ohio, like Newark, have enacted measures that punish people for camping in public places.

Homeless people in at least six Ohio cities can be fined or arrested for sleeping in public places, even if there’s nowhere else to go.

12/08/2024

Ohio State will host Tennessee in the first round of the expanded college football playoffs at Ohio Stadium on Saturday night, Dec. 21.

Ohio State will host Tennessee in the first round of the expanded college football playoffs at Ohio Stadium.

12/08/2024

Lucy Worsley explores why Arthur Conan Doyle came to hate his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. Watch Lucy Worsley's Holmes Vs. Doyle on WOSU TV tonight at 8 p.m.

Lucy Worsley explores why Arthur Conan Doyle came to hate his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes.

12/08/2024

The changing landscape in college football cuts both ways for Ohio State coach Ryan Day. An extended playoff has kept the Buckeyes season alive, but a fourth straight loss to Michigan has fans, and possibly some big money donors, wondering if Day is the right man in Columbus.

After a fourth straight loss to rival Michigan, fans, and maybe some big donors, are wondering if OSU coach Ryan Day can beat the Wolverines and deliver a Big Ten title.

12/07/2024

Celebrate Whitney Houston’s transcendent 1994 performance, which brought joy to a newly liberated country. Watch Whitney Houston - The Concert for a New South Africa tonight at 9:30 p.m. on WOSU TV.

Celebrate Houston’s transcendent 1994 performance, which brought joy to a newly liberated country.

12/07/2024

Experience the legendary band in top form in what turned out to be drummer Keith Moon’s final public performance. Watch The Who at Kilburn 1977 on WOSU TV tonight at 8 p.m.

Experience the legendary band in top form in what was to be Keith Moon’s final public performance.

12/07/2024

Ohio State gave raises to 306 employees to put them over the threshold and keep them salaried. With the rule being reversed in court, the university opted to reverse its decision to give those employees an additional raise. The employees' raises totaled approximately $2,047,000.

Under a U.S. Department of Labor rule, a salary threshold was increased that requires anyone making under a certain amount to be hourly employees. A federal judge in Texas overruled that change in November.

12/07/2024

Feeling overwhelmed during the holidays? 46% of Americans report not getting enough alone time, which can impact mental health, according to a new Ohio State survey.

A new survey by Ohio State University College of Medicine reports finding pockets of alone time during the holidays is crucial to mental health.

12/06/2024

Springfield and Ohio officials hope the new driving simulators will improve the driving habits of all of its residents including Haitian newcomers.

Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled the simulator at High Street Church of the Nazarene in Springfield. Eleven others are spread across the city aspart of a larger effort to help Haitian newcomers learn U.S. driving laws.

12/06/2024

How will you do in NPR's grab bag of weekly trivia: martial law, bitcoin, the first lady's holiday décor, a Kennedy who's not RFK Jr., brain rot and the popemobile.

Also in your grab bag of weekly trivia: martial law, bitcoin, the first lady's holiday décor, a Kennedy who's not RFK Jr., brain rot and the popemobile.

12/06/2024

In the 1970s, COTA bus drivers had to wait for a red dot sign to turn on the AC! Discover this fascinating piece of Columbus transit history as we celebrate COTA’s 50th anniversary.

12/06/2024

Two people arrested during the April protests against Israel's war in Gaza at Ohio State University have filed a lawsuit against university president Ted Carter and a university police officer

Two people arrested during the April protests against Israel's war in Gaza at Ohio State University have filed a lawsuit against university president Ted Carter and a university police officer.

12/06/2024

To celebrate the holidays, Steubenville decorates its downtown streets with hundreds of giant nutcrackers. The display attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the city.

12/06/2024

Explore the vast repertoire of these musical theater pioneers in a star-studded concert from London. Watch Rodgers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary: My Favorite Things from Great Performances l PBS tonight on WOSU TV at 9 p.m.

Explore the vast repertoire of these musical theater pioneers in a star-studded concert from London.

12/06/2024

The shooting is under investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. The two officers who initially approached Jazmir Tucker have been placed on administrative leave.