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.
It’s Veterans Day, and people across the state are honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces with parades and other events. But for Geri Maples, advocating for that group is a year-round activity.
The United States of America became a country nearly 250 years ago. But about two years before the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, a group of soldiers signed another important document in the middle of the Ohio Country.
A decade ago, one ZIP code in Akron had the highest infant mortality rate in the country.
The rest of Ohio wasn’t faring much better. Of every 1,000 babies born in the state, statistically 7.6 died — one of the highest rates in the nation.
More young people, ages 25 to 44, are deciding to leave big cities behind in favor of their rural counterparts.
Pumpkin isn’t as spry as he once was.
More bystanders are using naloxone to prevent people from overdosing on opioids.
Naloxone, commonly called by its brand name Narcan, reverses the effect of an opioid overdose. And while EMTS have used the life-saving medicine for years, there’s been a decade-long push to increase its use among people with no medical training.
