Billions of dollars came to Ohio through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to help mitigate the impact of the coronavirus in 2021. Now, three years later, the majority of the state’s coronavirus relief funds have been committed to a cause.
Each weekday morning, Ray Macklin, known as “Silky Ray” in the blues music world, helps Marion wake up with soulful vocals, sliding guitar riffs and syncopated rhythm.
“Good morning, good morning,” Macklin announced over the air on a recent Tuesday morning as he cued up a setlist of blues songs. “It’s TruBlues, baby.”
Over the course of 18 years, Ohio and its communities are receiving nearly $2 billion from pharmaceutical companies to compensate for harm caused by opioids. The Ohio Newsroom is following the money. This is our settlement story of the month.
It’s just after 9 o’clock in the morning and the sky is clear blue, the air just crisp enough that Tommy Morrison can see his breath.
Central Ohio native Richard Horton was released from prison last year — more than a decade after he was jailed for a crime he didn’t commit.
Nathan Brown always keeps a shovel in the bed of his truck. That’s a sure sign a farmer is serious about soil health, he said.
“In the spring and the summertime, I’m always digging,” Brown said as he shoveled some dirt from his 1,200 acre farm in Hillsboro into his gloved hands on a warm November afternoon.
Aubrey Price’s office is covered in posters illustrating therapeutic techniques. She’s a counselor at the Zepf Center, which houses one of the largest gambling treatment programs in Ohio.
When someone with a gambling problem comes to her office for the first time, she often starts by evaluating their behavior.
Joel Shenk believes his hammer is an instrument of peace.
On an October day, he repeatedly smashed it down into an anvil at Toledo Mennonite Church, where he serves as a pastor. The red-hot metal on the receiving end once had a life as a weapon.
New federal rules went into effect last month that require utilities to replace all water service lines made out of lead within the next decade.
Last month, the U.S. EPA issued a new rule: drinking water systems across the country have to find and replace lead pipes within the next decade.
It’s been a week since Ohioans voted for sweeping statewide changes at the polls.
