Domestic court cases, like divorce, child custody or child support, are often complicated.
When people take on those cases without an attorney, the process can feel outright overwhelming, said Emily Kirsch, court administrator at Lorain County's Domestic Relations and Juvenile Court.
Ohio kids on Medicaid are nearly twice as likely as kids nationwide to go to the emergency department for preventable dental issues, like cavities or tooth decay.
Each morning, Sarah Ison greets a coop of talkative chicks at her farm in southwest Ohio's Clermont County. They strut in excitement as she pours feed into bright red bowls.
"There's about 550 chickens in here and they'll go through a couple hundred pounds of
feed a day right now," Ison said, amid a cacophony of chirping.
This is an edited version of an article originally published on September 2nd, 2025 by Midstory.
North Ridgeville, Ohio, resident Deb Cipriani's day begins before the sun rises.
Betty Lowe's family has owned nearly 3,000 acres of forested land in the foothills of Appalachian Ohio for the last century.
Now, the property is open to the public.
The sun is still shining through stained glass windows of the sanctuary at St. Ladislas Church in Columbus. But the pews and the pulpit are gone.
Before northwest Ohio was filled with fields of corn and soybeans, it was covered in slimy mud and standing water.
Putnam County's Vennekotter Farms is more than five thousand acres. It's been in owner and operator Dennis Vennekotter's family since his great-grandfather founded it in 1906.
But, times have changed since then, Vennekotter said.
Built nearly two centuries ago in the early 1840s, the Hubbard House in northeast Ohio's Ashtabula County is old.
Docent Annie Reynolds is not.
"I learned in third grade about the Underground Railroad, and last year I came to the Hubbard House on a Girl Scout trip and I just loved it so much," the 11-year-old said.
This is an edited version of an article originally published on September 2nd, 2025 by Midstory.
