When Secretariat's regular jockey was suspended just days before the thoroughbred's final race, a young rider from Ohio took the reins.
At 23 years old, Eddie Maple rode Secretariat to victory for the final time.
"It was certainly something that I looked forward to," Maple said. "It was enough for almost a lifetime."
At a small park along the Muskingum River in Zanesville, half a dozen stony sculptures strike stationary poses.
Astronaut John Glenn raises an arm to the sky. Wild West writer Zane Grey pensively puts pen to paper. A uniformed soldier steps forward, in memory of his comrades who died in Vietnam.
The typical 16-week college semester can be a challenging commitment for community college students who juggle jobs, families and a host of other responsibilities alongside their schoolwork.
Hundreds of students packed the bleachers at the gym at Archbishop Alter High School in the Dayton suburb of Kettering. But instead of watching a game on the court, they looked out on rows of chairs filled with people anxiously waiting for the ceremony to begin.
Ohio correctional facilities will soon be required to provide incarcerated women with an adequate supply of free period products, thanks to a new state law.
House Bill 29 takes effect on March 20.
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 feed, but a small fraction of those golden kernels will end up coated in butter at movie theaters or covered in caramel at carnivals.
Danielle Fletcher loves her quiet home in Hamilton Township in rural southern Ohio. But, she's worried that peace might be disrupted by a data center planned right across the street.
"I've been pushing my township trustees for meetings, trying to get more information, trying to get a moratorium," Fletcher said.
Lourdes University in northwest Ohio announced it will close at the end of this academic year.
The small Catholic college, which has resided in Sylvania for nearly 70 years, said declining enrollment and rising costs have left the school with no other choice.
Ohio nearly topped the list of 'anti-LGBTQ incidents' in 2025.
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