In one Ohio county, peers are filling in the gaps of behavioral health care
Ohio’s behavioral health care system is stretched thin.
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This Steubenville store connects its farmers to its community – a model that has federal backing
On a sunny Wednesday in Steubenville, a family of four roams the small aisles of a downtown grocery store. Kids zip past the mounds of produce, paper bags of flour and jars of spices to check off their shopping list. They grab blueberries and leafy greens and stop to smell the fresh bread on the shelf.
What happens when schools close? An Akron neighborhood shows one possibility
Kenmore Boulevard is quiet this morning. The commercial thoroughfare in Akron's Kenmore neighborhood — its second largest — is in the process of being reinvigorated as a music and arts hub after years of what local residents call disinvestment in the neighborhood.
Ohio districts are considering shuttering schools — and the backlash is intense
At a May meeting of the Columbus Board of Education, a third grader made a plea.
“I love my school and I don’t want to see it closed,” he said. “For some of my classmates, school is their only safe space. Sometimes [it’s] the only place they can get a bite to eat.”
Ohioans grapple with medication access as pharmacies shutter
When the Walgreens on Hoover Avenue in Dayton closed in April, patients like Chanel Maston had to figure out where else nearby to get their prescriptions.
“It's just sad. It's ridiculous. They are just closing everything down over here,” said Maston.
One Ohio shop has been producing copper kettles for 150 years
A large piece of metal blazes with fire inside the Bucyrus Copper Kettle Works shop in North Central Ohio.
Flames sweep across one side and stray sparks float like fireflies, as owner James Patrick uses a long rod to twist and tilt the copper over the heat.
“That's our fuel oil forge,” he explained. “It burns at 2,000 degrees.”
A WWI-era gardening program is growing in Ohio
Carrots, cucumbers and lettuce will soon sprout up in Ohioans’ backyards across the state.
A number of factors cause moms to die in labor. Ohio reps hope a wide-reaching bill can help
Ohio’s rate of 23.8 maternal deaths per 100,000 births is slightly higher than the national average, according to KFF.
Your new neighbors may drive a buggy — Ohio’s Amish population is growing
Ohio’s Amish population is on the rise — up nearly 10,000 people in the past five years alone, according to data collected by the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.
It’s part of a national trend.
Your new neighbors may drive a buggy — Ohio’s Amish population is growing
Ohio’s Amish population is on the rise — up nearly 10,000 people in the past five years alone, according to data collected by the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.
It’s part of a national trend.