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Increasing tornadoes in Ohio created a housing shortage in Indian Lake last year. Ohio companies are looking to different materials to build a more extreme weather-resilient future.
Thursday, March 14, 2024 began as a normal day for many Logan County residents. But bad weather was brewing.
Logan County Emergency Management Agency officials typically prepare for severe weather common to the region like floods and ice storms, director Helen Norris said. But storms stirring in Illinois and Indiana presented unusual conditions for Ohio, leaving Norris on alert.
The Buckeye Trail Association is attempting to set a record tomorrow with its Biggest Day Hike.
In honor of National Trails Day, the organization is asking people to hike, bike or paddle along segments of the Buckeye Trail in an effort to collectively complete the approximately 1,440 mile loop in just one day.
Last year, the Noble County Historical Society in southeast Ohio celebrated its 60th birthday.
The Ohio Humanities pitched in with a $1,100 grant.
Ohio communities across the state have placed bans on sleeping outside, making unsheltered homelessness illegal.
A century ago, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company decided to take their advertising to the next level. To the skies, to be more exact.
The Ohio company posted their name on a 100 ft. long helium airship.
"It's one of the biggest recognized symbols that there is," said Goodyear airship pilot Adam Basaran. "We're the only tire company that has a blimp typically flying around."
As a steady trickle of cars pulled into a gravel roundabout one morning in Stockport, a tiny village in southeast Ohio, volunteers loaded cardboard boxes into truck beds and passenger seats.
They were filled with pantry staples: apple juice, corn flakes, kidney beans and elbow macaroni.
It's not quite yet tomato season in Ohio, but there's still a small variety at the Smith Farm Market in Columbus. Heirloom tomatoes of all sizes, with purplish and yellow hues, pile atop one another. A row of seed packets offer potential for even more variety.
Kathryn Whittington decided to run for a seat on Northeast Ohio's Ashtabula County Commission after an incident in 2013, when her home was burglarized by people in active drug addiction.
At the end of last month, a minor earthquake rattled southeast Ohio's Noble County.
A few days later residents reported another. Then another.
