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AgrAbility keeps aging and injured Ohio farmers in the field
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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PREBLE COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Len Vonderhaar has been farming corn and soybeans in Preble County since 1962. Each year his love has only grown for his around… Read More
‘The Copperhead Conspiracy’ explores a forgotten Civil War story set in the Midwest
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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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
This Zanesville boxing gym shows kids how to take a punch
By: Allie Vugrincic | WOSU
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio (WOSU) — On a cold winter day, Train Robinson’s breath clouded in the dim light in the Zanesville Police Athletic League gym as he dealt out a bit of… Read More
Are faked public comments about to tank an Ohio solar farm?
By: Kathiann M. Kowalski | Canary Media
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MORROW COUNTY, Ohio (Canary Media) — Ohio is poised to block a major solar farm because of local pushback — even though a substantial number of public comments opposing the… Read More
How an Ohio fire department used AI to improve emergency care
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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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 professors weigh how to adapt curriculum as student AI use soars
By: Conor Morris | Ideastream Public Media
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — Youngstown State University philosophy professor Mark Vopat bans use of generative AI in his classroom. But that doesn’t mean students don’t try to use… Read More
Ohio Medicare patients now need approval for certain procedures – from artificial intelligence
By: Taylor Winzer | Ideastream Public Media
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CLEVELAND (Ideastream Public Media) — Ohio is one of six states in a new federal pilot program that’s using artificial intelligence to help decide whether certain medical procedures should be… Read More
Could artificial intelligence save endangered archives? A Kenyon College cohort aims to find out
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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GAMBIER, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — The New Orleans Jazz Museum archives trace the history of the genre all the way back to the first jazz song ever recorded for… Read More
An Olympic hockey player hopes to bring home gold to Athens
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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ATHENS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — The 2026 winter Olympics began on Friday in Milan. Ohio athletes will compete in everything from freestyle skiing to snowboarding to hockey. Many players… Read More
Ohio lands America’s most prestigious coin collection
By: Yaffa Segal | Midstory
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This story was originally published in Midstory, a regional news nonprofit based in Toledo. In 1858, the American Numismatic Society was founded by a 16-year-old coin enthusiast in his family… Read More
Ohio communities finally receive their pot of cannabis tax funds
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio municipalities are receiving their promised tax revenue from recreational cannabis sales, more than a year after dispensaries opened their doors across the state. More… Read More
Research projects look at the health of humans and dogs in East Palestine, 3 years after a train derailment
By: Julie Grant | The Allegheny Front
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This story was originally published on Jan. 28, 2026 by the Allegheny Front. February 3, 2026, marks three years since a massive train derailment and chemical burn in East Palestine,… Read More
Ohio was awarded $202 million for rural health. It’s not enough to offset federal Medicaid cuts
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom, Taylor Winzer | Ideastream Public Media
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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
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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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
SNAP benefits are vulnerable to theft. In Ohio, there’s no recourse for victims
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohioans who rely on SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, pay for groceries with cards that are lacking a vital protection against cybercrime: a… Read More
Years after reporting her abuser, one Ohioan gains closure
By: Matthew Richmond | Ideastream Public Media
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CLEVELAND (Ideastream Public Media) — Yarenci Hernandez’s abuse started the night she met her father. Born in Mexico City, she lived with neighbors until, when she was about seven or… Read More
Ohio students are being strip searched – and traumatized – over minor offenses
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Across the country, children and teenagers are being strip searched by school administrators and staff, who are often looking for vape pens or other minor contraband…. Read More
What happens when a community’s homeless shelter closes? This eastern Ohio city is finding out
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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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
How an Ice Age relic was rediscovered in rural Ohio
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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WINAMEG, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — In 1978, residents in the small community of Winameg in rural northwest Ohio discovered several bones of a mammal dating back to the Ice… Read More
In southeast Ohio, state and local officials fight over the future of injection wells
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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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
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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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
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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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
Mounting problems: Ohio’s volunteer firefighters often face bigger fires with less training
ASHTABULA COUNTY, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — At 83, David Lemponen was in his sixth decade of responding to calls as a volunteer firefighter in Austinburg, a Northeast Ohio township… Read More
A tale of 2 volunteer fire departments: What money means when lives are on the line
By: Kendall Crawford I Statehouse News Bureau
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BELLE VALLEY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — The smell of sausage and pancakes fills the Belle Valley Volunteer Fire Department every fall. But the breakfast isn’t for the firefighters. With… Read More
The roots of Ohio’s volunteer firefighting crisis go back centuries
By: Abbey Marshall | Ideastream Public Media
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — Three years ago, a fiery derailment of a freight train carrying hazardous materials upended life in the quiet rural town of East Palestine. The… Read More
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