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 "tough love" during drills.
"Now we're gonna double back. Double back," Robinson instructed one of his boxers. "Garfield, I'm about to put a glove on and punch you in your forehead, boy. Get back up there where you're supposed to be."
She's been called "America's Shakespeare" and one of Ohio's "Black queens." Wednesday kicks off a yearlong celebration of one of the most revered authors of the past century: Toni Morrison. The life, literature and legacy of the Lorain native are being honored statewide, starting on what would have been her 95th birthday.
This story was originally published by Canary Media, a nonprofit newsroom covering clean energy and climate solutions.
The Kingdom of Bhutan is considered by some to be the "happiest country on Earth."
In a new film, "The World's Happiest Man," the main character, a Bhutanese man living in Akron, Ohio, asks his doctor if she knows how many people with PTSD are in Bhutan. When she replies she doesn't know, he responds, "Not a single one. Because Bhutan is the world's only happiest place…"
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 from their coverage area.
That makes the work of paramedics and first responders there all the more important.
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 it.
"A bunch of students actually plagiarized their paper by having an AI write their data ethics paper, which, that one right there, I didn't even know what to say," Vopat said.
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 approved for Medicare patients.
The New Orleans Jazz Museum archives trace the history of the genre all the way back to the first jazz song ever recorded for commercial release: "The Livery Stable Blues."
The 2026 winter Olympics begin on Friday in Milan. Ohio athletes will compete in everything from freestyle skiing to snowboarding to hockey.
This story was originally published in Midstory, a regional news nonprofit based in Toledo.
