What happens at the end of ‘King Coal’s’ reign? A documentary looks to the future
A new film is screening across Central Appalachia.
Film director Elaine McMillion Sheldon calls King Coal part-documentary, part-fable.
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New podcast from Bowling Green sheds light on historical eclipses
Next week, thousands will gather across Ohio as a solar eclipse passes through. A couple moments of total darkness will fall on towns like Dayton, Cleveland, Toledo and Bowling Green – where a team of Bowling Green State University students and professors have created “Eclipsing History” a podcast exploring the history of the rare astronomical wonder.
Lawsuit filed against Ohio over abortion restrictions still on the books after constitutional change
THE ACLU of Ohio, along with others, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of abortion providers who say several state laws on the books are violating the Ohio constitution based on voter approval of Issue 1 last fall.
With help from overseas, Oberlin-based app WOOOBA aims to change sport
Casual sport remains an immensely popular pastime for people all over the world. But in an age of isolation and increasing reliance on technology, it's become more difficult for some people to find casual group-play to unwind.
Ohio faith leaders go beyond the pulpit to fight gun violence
Reverend Arthur Butler typically preaches to the pews of Providence Missionary Baptist Church. But, on a night in December, he took his sermon instead to the Lima Public Library for a special forum.
“It’s a gun violence situation that needs to be corrected and the only way we're gonna do it is pull together,” he said to a gathered crowd of community members.
A new program hopes to eliminate Ohio fire departments' forever chemicals
Since the 1960s, Ohio’s firefighters have put out oil and gas fires with aqueous film forming foam, known as AFFF. It’s effective at eliminating liquid-based fires, but it comes with a risk: the foam is known to contain high concentrations of PFAS.
These toxic ‘forever chemicals’ are associated with a number of health risks, including cancer.
One week after deadly tornado, recovery is just beginning around Indian Lake
Indian Lake is a summer vacation destination. The area, about an hour north of Dayton, was preparing to kick off the season by celebrating the total solar eclipse. But last Thursday, a different force of nature upended those plans.
Why one Ohio town has a festival for “the vacuum cleaners of the woods”
The start of spring is signaled in many ways: snow thawing, flowers blooming, a bit of sunshine. But in the small town of Hinckley, in northeast Ohio, there is another tell-tale sign of the season’s start: buzzards.
High-tech training is coming to Ohio prisons
Last November at the Dayton Correctional Institution, Sinclair Community College president Steven Johnson recognized more than one hundred women draped in black gowns and caps. Tonya Anderson was one of them.
Ohio wants schools to embrace AI. That means a learning curve for teachers
ChatGPT has changed the classroom. The artificial intelligence program can write essays analyzing Shakespearean plays, solve complex math problems and create images.