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.
In a normal summer, Trista Nelson’s herd of cattle spend their days grazing in a lush pasture. But this year, green grass was in short supply.
The land on her family’s cattle farm in southeast Ohio was so dry, they had to dip into their winter feed supply and give their animals hay instead.
Eyes follow you wherever you go at David Lady’s home in the small village of Chatfield in northern Ohio. Frankenstein monsters scowl from a shelf. Wide-eyed vampires show off their fangs. And werewolves look like they might pounce off the walls.
“One nice thing, we never get lonely,” Lady said, as he waved to a skeleton in the corner of his hallway.
Just two notes are all it takes for John Williams to build tension in his famous composition for the film “Jaws.”
Back in 2020, the Wayne County Board of Elections decided at last minute it would switch to all mail-in voting for its primary to protect people from COVID-19 transmission.
Director Julie Leathers Stahl remembers voters calling at all hours concerned about absentee ballot fraud.
Warren, like many Rust Belt towns, is remaking itself. After the closure of steel mills and industries leaving town throughout the years, this election marks a time when residents of the northeast Ohio city want to see a change.
Cathie Browning collects thrifted dress-up clothes and dollar-store accessories, not necessarily to wear herself, but to build and decorate scarecrows.
Her yard is full of them.
