If you thought the Bowling Green State University Falcon Marching Band sounded big before, just wait until you hear them this fall. BGSU says its Falcon Marching Band has grown to a record 600 members for the 2026-27 season, making it the largest collegiate marching band in the country, and, Read more
Hikers, runners and cyclists who use the Towpath Trail through Cuyahoga Valley National Park will need to make some different plans beginning next week. The National Park Service will temporarily close the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail between Boston Trailhead and Lock 29 in Peninsula beginning Monday, Aug. 24, Read more
Wadsworth residents will see a couple of developments involving the city’s Fire Department in the coming months, including plans to replace two aging ambulances and two levies headed to the November ballot. As part of the city’s 2026 budget cycle, the Wadsworth Fire Department is looking to replace two ambulances. Read more
Ohio is Googling Shedeur Sanders more than any other sports star this year. New research from AskGamblers found the Cleveland Browns quarterback is the most searched athlete in Ohio so far in 2026, with around 165,000 Google searches per month in the state. And Ohio isn’t alone. Sanders tops the Read more
A Norton pastor who was previously placed on sabbatical has now been permanently removed from ministry at The Father’s House. The church announced the decision in an updated statement regarding Shawn Holderfield, following what church leaders say has been an outpouring of comments, texts, emails and private messages from the Read more
Cleveland Browns fans will soon be able to get a much closer look at what the team’s planned new stadium could be like, right down to trying out the seats. The Cleveland Browns and Haslam Sports Group will celebrate the opening of the new Browns Experience center in Berea with Read more
The 2026 Ohio State Fair is officially in the books, and Ohioans showed up hungry, thirsty and ready to ride. The fair welcomed 1,025,190 visitors during its run, setting a new all-time attendance record. That’s up 5.8% from 2025 and tops the previous record of 1,006,228 set in 2023. Fairgoers Read more
Longtime Ellet football coach Joe Yost has died at the age of 73. For nearly four decades, Yost was a fixture on the sidelines at Ellet. He took over as head coach in 1979 and spent 38 seasons leading the Orangemen, finishing his career with a 234-152-2 record. His 234 Read more
What started as a player eligibility dispute has turned into a much bigger controversy surrounding the Little League World Series. Tulsa National Little League was removed from the Southwest Region baseball tournament after Little League determined the Oklahoma team used an ineligible player. Reports say the player lived outside Tulsa Read more
A pastor at The Father’s House in Norton has been directed to step away from ministry after comments about marital rape circulated online. The controversy began on a social media page operated by Christian marriage author Sheila Wray Gregoire. According to screenshots Gregoire shared publicly, Pastor Shawn Holderfield argued that Read more
