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‘No other options’: Inside the decision to a close a school building
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TOLEDO, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — In April, Toledo Public Schools’ Board of Education approved a plan to offset a multimillion-dollar budget deficit, in part, by closing seven elementary schools…. Read More
In northwest Ohio, new tanks are filtering phosphorus from farm runoff
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DEFIANCE COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — As rainy spring weather washes phosphorus off farmfields, a series of new filters in northwest Ohio’s Defiance County are working to catch the… Read More
After a decade of demolition, Youngstown is looking to rebuild
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — As companies like Intel, Stellantis and First Quality Tissue invest hundreds of millions of dollars into Ohio manufacturing facilities, they tout the creation of hundreds of local jobs…. Read More
Farmers in northwest Ohio use a lot of pesticides. Is there a link to cancer?
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Farmers and farmworkers across the country are more likely to be diagnosed with cancers like non-Hodgkin lymphoma than the national average. Some scientists believe pesticide… Read More
On the brink of planting season, Ohio farmers face rising fuel and fertilizer costs
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Since the U.S. led war in Iran began in February, prices at the pump have surged. A gallon of gas now averages over $3.75 in… Read More
How a proposed bill could help homebound Ohio seniors access food assistance
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — On the second Friday of March, a steady stream of DoorDash drivers lined up outside Shared Harvest Foodbank in Fairfield, a small city north of… Read More
Ohio’s only LGBTQ+ adult homeless shelter is in high demand, weeks after opening in Youngstown
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — A new homeless shelter opened in Youngstown earlier this March and it holds a certain distinction: Full Spectrum’s Rainbow House of the Mahoning Valley… Read More
Medical emergencies can lead to financial emergencies. A Carroll County nonprofit aims to help
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CARROLL COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — When Marsha Bullock was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma last year, the 62-year-old grandmother’s life took up a pattern of doctors… Read More
Emergency services in the Hocking Hills are strained. Can a new source of funding help?
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HOCKING COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Tourism in Hocking Hills has soared in recent years, but funding for the region’s emergency services has not. Instead, local fire departments have… Read More
This program aims to help Ohio’s foster youth go to college. So why do so few use it?
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YOUNGSTWON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — For Drew Bowles, tattoos are a form of self-expression, so the 23-year-old has a lot of them. There’s a tiny cross just beneath the… Read More
Ohio law bans cell phones during the school day. Teachers and students have mixed feelings
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DAYTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — It’s been nearly three months since Ohio law has prohibited K-12 students from using their cell phones during the school day. School administrators and… Read More
Remembering Nelson T. Gant, ‘Zanesville’s first Black millionaire’
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — At a small park along the Muskingum River in Zanesville, half a dozen stony sculptures strike stationary poses. Astronaut John Glenn raises an arm… Read More
How an Appalachian county is working to lower its suicide rate
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CARROLL COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio’s suicide rate has risen sharply in the past two decades, from 9.3 deaths per 100,000 people in 2003 to 14.7 deaths in… Read More
From the movie theater to a microwave bag, your popcorn may be Ohio-grown
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Drive across Ohio in the summertime and you’ll see fields upon fields of corn. Much of it will be used to produce ethanol or livestock… Read More
A new state law ensures women incarcerated in Ohio get free period products
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio correctional facilities will soon be required to provide incarcerated women with an adequate supply of free period products, thanks to a new state… Read More
Ohio is among states with the most ‘anti-LGBTQ incidents’ last year
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio nearly topped the list of ‘anti-LGBTQ incidents’ in 2025. That’s according to GLAAD, a nonprofit that advocates for inclusive representation and LGBTQ acceptance. It’s… Read More
‘The Copperhead Conspiracy’ explores a forgotten Civil War story set in the Midwest
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The role Ohio played in the Civil War can seem, at first glance, to be simple: the state was part of the Union fighting to abolish slavery. But the situation… Read More
How an Ohio fire department used AI to improve emergency care
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MCCONNELSVILLE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — The Malta and McConnelsville Fire Department in southeast Ohio serves an area so rural, the closest trauma center is at least an hour’s drive… Read More
Ohio was awarded $202 million for rural health. It’s not enough to offset federal Medicaid cuts
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Ohio is receiving more than $200 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid as part of a newly created federal program to strengthen health care in rural communities. The… Read More
From muddy waters to a “mosaic of vegetation,” a project aims to restore the Sandusky Bay
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On a calm November day on Lake Erie, the air wasn’t filled with the sounds of squawking seabirds or even passing boats. Rather, a dump truck rumbled down a rocky… Read More
What happens when a community’s homeless shelter closes? This eastern Ohio city is finding out
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STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Community members in Steubenville are working together to help unhoused people, after the eastern Ohio city’s homeless shelter for emergencies and shelter for vulnerable… Read More
In southeast Ohio, state and local officials fight over the future of injection wells
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MARIETTA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Last July, a short notice appeared in the back of the Marietta Times. “DeepRock Disposal Solutions, LLC… is applying to permit a well for… Read More
Why some Washington County residents are worried about the future of their drinking water
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MARIETTA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — When the Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued permits to construct two injection wells, to store waste from oil and gas drilling, within two… Read More
Fracking produces a lot of wastewater. Millions of gallons of it are stored under eastern Ohio
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MARIETTA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Hydraulic fracturing, particularly on public lands, has spurred protests across Ohio. But a lesser known part of the process — where companies discard the… Read More
Ohio weather monitoring lags behind. A new network could mean better forecasts
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CLARK COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — On a farm in rural Clark County in southwest Ohio, fallow fields stretch as far as the eye can see. In the middle… Read More
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