Sunday, August 30, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1946, the Cleveland Browns took the field for the first game in franchise history, defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers 35-20 in a preseason contest at Akron’s Rubber Bowl.

🎢 An Ohio reader poll crowned a Kings Island classic the state's best roller coaster, beating a pair of Cedar Point favorites. See which ride topped the list in Et Cetera.

In case you missed it, this week on The Flyover Podcast, Amy counted down the 10 habits that actually predict how long you'll live. When researchers tracked tens of thousands of people for decades, the habits that mattered most weren't the ones anyone expected. Amy broke down each one and revealed the number one predictor science keeps landing on. So before you overhaul your grocery list or your gym routine, find out which habits actually move the needle. And if you're already a creature of habit, see how many of yours made the list. Tune in here!

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Vance Calls for East Palestine Probe

Vice President JD Vance and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called for an independent investigation by the EPA inspector general into the Biden administration's response to the 2023 East Palestine train derailment, pointing to newly surfaced documents and lingering questions about chemical exposure.

In a social media post, Vance said residents deserve transparency and accountability and called for investigators to determine what information key players had about potential health risks.

Federal models cited in recent reporting show nearly 18,000 people may have faced phosgene exposure at levels capable of causing severe injury. Researchers also found that the plume from the controlled burn reached 16 states.

Vance and Zeldin said any shortcomings found could prompt changes to emergency response, environmental monitoring, or coordination among federal agencies.

Ohio State Helped Shape NASA Telescope

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch this morning at 7:26 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center in Florida after more than a decade of work that involved Ohio State researchers.

Astronomy professor David Weinberg said 20 to 30 people from the university contributed, including about 10 undergraduates, five faculty members, and graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Weinberg said the university has a larger footprint in the mission than any other university, with Ohio State researchers having been involved from Roman's early planning stages.

The $4.3 billion observatory will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy toward the L2 point, roughly 1 million miles from Earth.

Its 300-megapixel infrared camera will survey billions of galaxies, search for more than 100,000 planets around other stars, and help scientists study dark energy and the structure of the universe.

Cleveland Home Prices Climbing

Greater Cleveland home prices rose 4.1% year over year in July, the seventh-fastest gain among the nation's 40 largest housing markets, even as the region remained one of the least expensive major markets.

The median sale price reached $279,000, well below the $400,000 national median. Cleveland ranked 39th of 40 markets by price.

Inventory increased 4.3% year over year, yet listings remained 29.1% below July 2019 levels. Cleveland also had 3.2 months of supply, compared with 4.7 months nationally.

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➤ Newark: St. John's United Church of Christ will hold two services today honoring Dolly Parton, featuring a special prayer and performances of two of her songs. (See Details)

➤ Columbus: About 6,000 water customers were caught in an auto-pay glitch during the city's shift from quarterly to monthly billing. Officials said they would cancel delinquency notices and waive related fees. (More)

➤ Also Columbus: Mayor Andrew Ginther announced stricter rules for Flock license-plate-reader data, shortening retention from 30 days to seven and requiring a police supervisor to approve access. (More)

➤ Montgomery County: Fire officials have warned residents not to charge lithium battery devices in apartment escape paths after a scooter caught fire near a building's main stairs. (More)

➤ Warren: Health officials warned anyone who was in Mercy Health St. Joseph Warren Hospital's emergency room or waiting room Aug. 23 of possible measles exposure and advised monitoring for symptoms for 21 days. (More)

➤ Butler County: The VOA Country Music Festival will move to the Butler County Fairgrounds in 2027 after West Chester Township declined to renew its contract. The new venue will add on-site camping. (See Details)

➤ Grove City: Police said 15 to 20 juveniles allegedly stole more than $4,500 in merchandise from a Dick's Sporting Goods store. Store employees told police they believed the teens were Glenville High School football players. (More)

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➤ Hamilton West Side plays Japan at 10 a.m. this morning in the Little League World Series third-place game after falling 12-2 to Nevada in Saturday's U.S. championship game. (More)

➤ A federal judge denied Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz's request for a separate trial from teammate Emmanuel Clase in their alleged pitch-rigging case. (More)

➤ Former Ohio State pitcher Seth Lonsway was called up by the San Francisco Giants, becoming the fifth former Ohio State player since 2024 to receive a major league call-up. (More)

➤ Bishop Watterson football shut out Pickerington Central 28-0 Friday, ending its own streak of 13 straight wins by at least 30 points, Ohio's longest such run since at least 2002. (See Post)

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➤ Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is nearing completion of its roughly $60 million Primate Forest project, transforming the former RainForest into a new 140,000-square-foot space. (See Details)

➤ Four Ohio cities made a new ranking of America’s fittest cities, with Cincinnati and Cleveland placing inside the top 50 and Columbus and Toledo making the top 100. (See Rankings)

➤ The Beast at Kings Island topped an Ohio reader poll for the state’s best roller coaster, finishing ahead of Cedar Point's Steel Vengeance and Millennium Force. (See Results)

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