Today from The Ohio Newsroom

Ohio manufacturers are responsible for some of the most popular toys from Christmases past.

The Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen recently announced plans to open the state’s first river maritime academy in eastern Ohio’s Monroe County. It’s an effort to address a need for tug boat operators and deckhands.

The University of Cincinnati is launching an adaptive athletics program. Collegiate athletes with disabilities can now compete in wheelchair tennis and adaptive track and field.

As pharmacy chains close stores across Ohio, a pharmacist in Wooster is helping to fill in the gaps left behind.

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

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.

A state working group released its recommendations to increase inpatient behavioral health care access across the state.

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.

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

For years, Wayne County did not have a permanent space for a severe weather overnight shelter. Other rural communities are facing similar challenges.