Bonnie Proudfoot was born a New Yorker: She worked as a taxi cab driver in college.
But she moved to Central Appalachia in her 20s, first to a homestead in West Virginia and later to Athens, Ohio.
Her new book of poetry, "Incomer," explores what it was like to make the region her home through verse like this:
The 2026 lacrosse state championships will take place this weekend at the Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus. It's the Ohio High School Athletic Association's ninth state tournament for the sport.
For years, there's been a push to create better broadband infrastructure in rural areas, where access to high speed internet can be hard to come by.
Now, Wright State University is tackling a new digital frontier: artificial intelligence.
Goldfish thrive inside school classroom tanks, bright indoor aquariums and backyard ponds.
But when they end up in Ohio's natural waterways, the starter pets have the power to disrupt entire ecosystems, according to new research from University of Toledo associate professor Bill Hintz, published in the Journal of Animal Ecology.
On a recent sunny, breezy afternoon, several golfers were out taking some swings at Akron's historic Portage Country Club.
Short-term rental companies, like Airbnb and VRBO, have become mainstream for travellers.
Nordonia High School, in Northeast Ohio's Macedonia, recently won the first girls flag football state championship sanctioned by the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
The championship on May 16 was streamed online and televised statewide, showing that the football field – once a boys-only space – is for girls, too.
A U.S. Forest Service research station in McArthur is one of 57 "under evaluation" for possible closure as part of a national reorganization announced at the end of March.
You can tell if a cornhole player is good by the sound alone. A thud flat on the wooden board shows control. A slide off of the slick tilted surface into the gravel might elicit an 'oof'.
But the best players barely make a sound. Their bags leave the players hand, soar 20 feet or so and land cleanly in the board's hole, without touching anything in between.
This week, the Ohio Newsroom is joining NPR to tell local stories about climate solutions, as the federal government walks back environmental regulations.
A crowd of regulars were getting restless outside a small craft brewery in rural Coshocton County earlier this month.
