In 2023, the city of Athens voted to ban single-use plastic bags.
But a state appeals court ruled in July that the ban violates Ohio law and therefore can't be enforced.
In Lucas County, home to the city of Toledo, the cost to place children in foster care is soaring.
The county pays upwards of $21 million a year to place kids in the system. That's $9 million more than just a few years ago, said Randy Muth, executive director of Lucas County Children Services.
A national report shows that Ohio mayors are not alone in prioritizing local business growth.
Despite attempts to save it, the longstanding Pixelle Specialty Solutions in Chillicothe closed its doors permanently on Sunday.
The southern Ohio paper mill announced its planned closure in April after nearly 200 years of operating in Ross County. Local leaders and state representatives alike pushed to delay its shuttering, but ultimately the company ceased production this weekend.
Myrlande Constant creates intricately beaded tapestries, packed with vegetation, people, animals and various symbols from Haitian Vodou.
"'Painting with beads' as she calls it," said art historian Katherine Smith, who co-curated an exhibition of Constant's work at the Fowler Museum at UCLA in 2023.
Planet Money's Jack Corbett is best known for translating nebulous economic concepts into bite-sized, surreal TikToks that break down credit scores, tax brackets and the national debt.
For the past five decades, Wilmington College's Peace Resource Center has preserved the stories and artifacts of nuclear war, in hopes of encouraging disarmament of nuclear weapons across the world.
Warning: There is discussion of sexual assault and anatomy in this story, which may not be suitable for younger audiences.
Riicara Janel Dior is a transgender woman currently serving time at the Grafton Correctional Institution — a men's prison in Lorain County. She's been there for over 30 years because of a murder conviction.
After World War II, thousands of people moved north to cities like Cincinnati and Dayton from Appalachia, seeking work and new opportunities.
Advocates in Cincinnati formed the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition (formerly known as the Urban Appalachian Council) to support this new population of migrants. This year, the UACC is celebrating 50 years of advocacy.
The grassy field beside a two-lane highway near Loudonville in north central Ohio is nothing special.
In the distance, an American flag fluttered outside an old, wooden barn. A disc golf basket stood solitary in the sun.
"We're at the Ashland-Knox County line on State Route 3. You can see the county signs there," Ashland County Engineer Ed Meixner pointed out.
