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On September 11, 2001, Dirk Harkins was underground, working in a coal mine in eastern Ohio.
Tom Walton spent one season aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1963. And even just as a porter, he was lucky to land a competitive spot on its crew.
"It was a dream job and it was the flagship of the fleet and everybody wanted to work on the Fitz," Walton recalled.
The Ohio Department of Aging is expanding a program intended to help older adults live longer at home, instead of in a long-term care facility.
Theresa Rayner has lived in Noble County her whole life. She said not much happens in the rural unincorporated community of Ava.
But, one morning, a century ago, it felt like the center of the universe.
"It really happened right here in our backyard," Theresa said, peering out across the interstate.
The Bowling Green State University Democracy and Public Policy Research Network released its latest poll of 800 registered Ohio voters last month.
From Bowling Green State University to Youngstown State, universities across Ohio saw an uptick in enrollment this semester.
But one demographic was noticeably left out of the trend: international students.
When you step into the Spangler Candy factory, the air smells like sugar.
Trays of circus peanuts rotate overhead. Workers hand place pinstripes onto candy canes. And lollipops pour into bags the size of pillows.
"You're in a candy factory, there's magic everywhere," said company president Bill Martin, one of the people in charge of this Wonka-like paradise.
On a bright September afternoon, a group of volunteers in purple shirts pulled a navy wagon through a quiet neighborhood in Elyria in northeast Ohio. Inside were boxes of Narcan — the brand name for naloxone, the medication that can quickly reverse an opioid overdose by restoring normal breathing.
At a hunting ground in Butler County, Don Boling walked down an overgrown wooded path, littered with fall foliage. It's one of his favorite spots to hunt deer in southwest Ohio.
Although there are no bucks or does in sight, the lifelong hunter still saw signs of them everywhere.
President Donald Trump has made headlines in recent months for sending federal troops to major metros from Memphis, Tennessee to Portland, Oregon.
