Amy Eddings

3 weeks ago | ideastream.org | Amy Eddings

Voters in Avon Lake won't know until later this month if an $88 million bond issue for its public schools passed. The money would be used to build a new middle school and repair the district's elementary schools. In unofficial results, Issue 16 squeaked by with just 16 votes. While Issue 17, an emergency operating levy that will generate $3 million a year over 10 years for the district, passed with a wider margin.

2 months ago | wosu.org | Amy Eddings

Ohioans who support abortion rights claimed a major victory in 2023 with the passage of an amendment to the state constiution guaranteeing reproductive rights, including the right to an abortion. But the Ohio Supreme Court, which underwent a significant change in the last election, will have the final say on how those rights will be interpreted. Voters passed Issue 1 with 57% of the vote. A year and a half later, abortion rights advocates say their work is just beginning.

2 months ago | ideastream.org | Amy Eddings

Most people will wait until summer to swim outdoors. But there’s a dedicated community of Northeast Ohioans who enjoy winter dips in icy water. On a recent, partly sunny day in Bentleyville, with an air temperature of 28 degrees Fahrenheit and water temperature near freezing, about a dozen people in their bathing suits walked in their bare feet across the snow and waded into the Chagrin River at the base of a series of waterfalls. Claire Hilbers of Chagrin Falls was among them.

Feb 28, 2025 | wosu.org | Amy Eddings

Most people will wait until summer to swim outdoors. But there’s a dedicated community of Northeast Ohioans who enjoy winter dips in icy water. On a recent, partly sunny day in Bentleyville, with an air temperature of 28 degrees Fahrenheit and water temperature near freezing, about a dozen people in their bathing suits walked in their bare feet across the snow and waded into the Chagrin River at the base of a series of waterfalls. Claire Hilbers of Chagrin Falls was among them.

Feb 6, 2025 | ideastream.org | Amy Eddings

Quick, give me a list of winter sports. Ice skating, you say? Skiing, downhill and cross country. Tobogganing. Snowshoeing. Hockey, for traditionalists who prefer an outdoor pond to a year-round indoor rink.  That’s a good list. But you forgot swimming. Yes, swimming. Outdoors. In a pool, lake, or maybe a 25-meter pool cut out of the frozen surface of a lake.