Newtown Falls in northeast Ohio boasts of its covered bridge and waterfalls. But like many small towns across the state, it has struggled to keep its main street windows full.
In a warehouse in Chillicothe, bunches of bananas sit untouched. Any one plucked from its pallet would make for a great afternoon snack, but there are more here than Sam's Club shoppers can buy.
Their fate would be a landfill, except for one saving grace: a food rescue truck is on its way.
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 use could be partly to blame.
On a Friday at Tiffin University, a classroom is abuzz with students. Dozens file in, chatting about their spring break plans and upcoming exams.
But instead of settling in for a lecture, the students dive into an investigation.
"Today, we're mostly going over our suspectology and trying to get a good grasp on the different peoples of interest that we have," one student.
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 Ohio.
But for farmers on the brink of the spring planting season, dishing out dollars for diesel isn't their only concern.
Fertilizer costs are on the rise too.
This weekend, thousands of Ohioans will be celebrating Easter across the state, listening to melodies and singing along with songs that reverberate through their places of worship.
But at one small church in North Dayton, the congregation experiences their worship music in a unique way.
Long ago, elk roamed the wooded-areas of Ohio. But after years of deforestation and over-hunting, the last native eastern elk was killed in Ashtabula in 1840.
Amanda Wagner herds a set of goat horns into a stanchion at a farm in Allen County.
The rural veterinarian is performing an ultrasound on Nala: a shaggy goat that tap dances nervously as Wagner probes her hairy belly.
"So you see these C-shaped things?" Wagner points at the ultrasound screen. "That's mom's attachment to the baby. It tells us she's pregnant."
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 Cincinnati.
Instead of restaurant takeout, volunteers squeezed cardboard boxes full of shelf-stable groceries into their back seats.
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 is one of the only ones in the state to provide emergency housing specifically for adults in the LGBTQ+ community.
