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• Catching Our Eye News Roundup, Aug. 5, 2026 August 5, 2026
  Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
• Democratic candidate for Ohio Auditor continues a life of learning as she aims for top job August 5, 2026
  From helping her grandmother on an Alabama plantation, to her career in the banking industry, and now as the mayor of Maple Heights, the Democratic candidate for Ohio Auditor of State has spent her life in the pursuit of learning, she said in a recent interview. Mayor Annette Blackwell says every opportunity she’s had has […]
• Hate and racism toward Haitians in Ohio is mindless, pathetic, and weak August 5, 2026
  “Get all Haitians out!  Send them back to their sh**hole country. Why are they still here? Temporary means TEMPORARY. Start picking them up! Kick out every last one of them and other TPS trash!” Online hatred and hostility, directed at Haitian immigrants in Ohio and around the country, is surging. “There’s a lot of hate […]
• Catching Our Eye News Roundup, Aug. 4, 2026 August 4, 2026
  Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
• More than 1 million Ohioans aren’t getting essential safety-net benefits, analysis shows August 4, 2026
  More than 1 million Ohioans are not getting essential safety-net benefits for which they’re eligible, according to a new analysis by the Urban Institute. In many cases, just a fraction of low-income families are getting help with things such as energy assistance. As electricity and grocery bills continue to spike, low-income families’ need for such […]
• It was supposed to be a haven for troubled teens. They risked everything to escape. August 4, 2026
  Additional reporting by Rachel Dissell This article was first published by The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on Instagram, TikTok, Reddit and Facebook. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO – Paitin Pahoundis jolted awake, a siren blaring in her ears. Her friend Samantha […]