Between caring for her many chickens and listening to the abundant wildlife, Debbie Hamm can't decide what she loves most about living on 16 acres of land in southwest Ohio's Monroe Township.
Ohio's manufacturing industry is among the biggest in the nation. In 2024, the sector's gross domestic product in Ohio totaled over $137.9 billion, trailing only California, Texas, Illinois and Indiana.
Behind barbed-wired fences and multiple security checks sits a small patch of land in the center of the Belmont Correctional Institution in southeast Ohio's Belmont County.
The growing season is over, so it doesn't look like much now, but just a few weeks ago it was home to a colossal pumpkin weighing 1,700 lbs.
The federal government will pay less to help Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs run starting on Thursday.
Historically, SNAP administrative costs have been shared by the federal government and the state. But, under the Trump administration's HR1, or "One Big Beautiful Bill," the portion the federal government covers will go down.
Pawpaw trees, which grow Ohio's largest native fruit, are resistant to a lot of pests: Many insects, rabbits and deer largely leave the understory plant alone.
But in recent years, invasive ambrosia beetles have been wreaking havoc on pawpaw trees in parts of southeast Ohio.
Faith Isaya's journey to American citizenship started with a love story.
Working as a translator at small churches in her native Tanzania, she met Dean, the missionary who would become her husband and eventually followed him to the United States.
High school sophomore Lavender Johnson studied a small green leaf during a break from class in her school day. It was sprouting from a hydroponic tower in the corner of her classroom in western Ohio.
"These are like little babies," Johnson said. "You don't want to take them while they're babies. They're not gonna be good."
On a drizzly afternoon at the Dover Community Garden, a group of growers hunched over the pieces of a compost bin.
Glancing down at the instructions, Eva McClave, who serves on the garden's board, offered guidance for constructing it to a couple of volunteers pitching in this group work day.
Gene Sigel owns South River Vineyard in Geneva. He's worked the land for more than three decades producing wine from the 130 acres of grape vines on the property.
If the Toledo Blade isn't sold by the end of this year, the 190-year-old newspaper will stop publishing.
