Citizens of Indigenous Ohio nations give fuller picture of state history
Indigenous people have lived in what we now call Ohio for more than fifteen thousand years.
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Two years on, Afghan evacuees in Ohio face legal limbo
Eltaf’s family home in Dayton feels warm. There’s a big scarlet red, Persian rug that takes up the entire living room, there’s pillows everywhere and it smells of tea — mahmood tea to be exact.
Eltaf’s 2-year-old cousin, Samay, runs around the room. His mom chases him around, trying to pick him up.
The family has made a home in Ohio after coming to America with nothing.
Years after they helped make bombs, Ohio nuclear workers face health impacts
Albert Gibson had a top secret job.
For 37 and a half years, he worked at the Mound, a site near Dayton that developed components for atomic bombs.
How one Ohio nonprofit is trying to give people power over their food
It’s not clear the small plot of land on the north side of Youngstown is a community garden. At least not anymore.
Weeds stretch toward the sky, where there once was rows of bright beets and tall turnips. Without dedicated growers, Jubilee Gardens has fallen into disrepair. But on a Friday evening in July, a small group of people are planting.
Making moves: How one organization is using chess to build community
It’s 4 o’clock on Sunday evening when people start to trickle in to the Cooperative Chess Cultural Center on the east side of Columbus.
John Hoffman is the first to arrive. At 81 years old, he’s a regular.
Then, there’s newbie Lynn Williams, a young woman sporting neon purple and blue hair.
As another Ohio EMS agency closes, chiefs grapple with staff and funding shortages
The Riverside Emergency Medical Service started its squad in the early 1980s to serve the village of DeGraff and Pleasant Township, about an hour north of Dayton.
At the time, roughly 30 people volunteered as first responders, remembers Chad Kean, an EMT and trustee for the service.
Corn, soybeans and ...chestnuts? Ohio farmers find new uses for the uncommon crop
As patrons lined up for a late afternoon pastry at Athens Bread Company, Tim McKenna prepped croissants. He pounded on a slab of dough and folded it over a stretched-out sheet of butter to create the pastries’ layers.
“God knows how someone figured out how to do all this but, once you get the hang of it, it’s just going through all the steps,” he said.
Amid counselor shortage, rural schools are training students to help
There aren’t enough mental health counselors in Ohio schools.
For every one school counselor in the state, there’s around 400 students, according to the American School Counselors Association. That far exceeds the recommended ratio of 250 students to 1 counselor.
Climate change could mean influx of people to Central Appalachia
In the last decade, Americans have felt the effects of climate change, from worsening wildfires out west to more severe heat
Ohio researchers predict the most critical job skills as AI gains traction
Technology is changing Ohio’s workforce. Recent developments in artificial intelligence, automation and machine learning have raised questions about the long-term sustainability of some jobs.