The Village of Alger in west central Ohio is small: Just about 800 people call the community home.
"We have nothing. We have nothing to hang our hat on," said Village Administrator Paul Osborne. "We're surrounded by what they call the muck around here."
That muck was once good for onion farming, but these days, the village is gaining notoriety for something else.
Before Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball in 1947, pitcher Ray Brown was making a name for himself in the Negro Leagues.
Today, he's one of just a few dozen Negro League players recognized in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Space is dirty. Filthy. It's littered with asteroids, and rocks, and dust. Some of that material falls to the earth. When it enters the atmosphere, we call it a meteor. If it lands, it's a meteorite.
John Ventre usually keeps his meteorites locked away in a safety deposit box. This weekend, he'll put them on display for other collectors and the public.
The James M. Gavin Power Plant in southeast Ohio is one of the largest coal-fired electricity plants in the country. It's also one of the nation's top emitters of greenhouse gases, according to data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Ohio is better prepared for future bird flu outbreaks after curbing the most recent epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza that started last December. That's according to Jim Chakeres, executive vice president of the Ohio Poultry Association.
This article was originally published on August 6, 2025 by Source Media Properties as part of the series, 'It Takes a Village: Why Child Care is Everyone's Business.' Read the full series
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Two years ago, eight earthworks became Ohio's first UNESCO World Heritage site.
This week, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) doled out report cards for every public school district for the 2024-2025 school year.
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.
