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.”
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.
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.”
Carrots, cucumbers and lettuce will soon sprout up in Ohioans’ backyards across the state.
Ohio’s rate of 23.8 maternal deaths per 100,000 births is slightly higher than the national average, according to KFF.
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.
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.
When Alicia Warner was pregnant with her daughter, the Parma, Ohio, woman got support from a doula — a trained professional who helps people during pregnancy and postpartum.
She said her doula supported her by taking her to most of her doctors appointments, and remembers a scary time during her pregnancy.
Scott Dressel knows his way around the maze of scaffolding that crisscrosses the Grand Theater’s floor. He’s become familiar with the theater’s peeling walls, the steel rods peeking through holes in the ceiling, and the once-gilded proscenium that now sits faded and chipped.
Methane regulations from the U.S. EPA went into effect this month. They’re meant to limit the amount of accidental emissions from oil and gas operators across the country.
