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3 Ohio sheriff's departments ink agreements with ICE to aid in deportations

Since February, three county sheriff's offices in Ohio have signed agreements with the federal government to help with immigration enforcement.

Ohio jails are helping Trump's mission of mass deportation

Outside the Butler County Jail, a neon yellow sign reads 'Illegal Aliens Here' with an arrow pointing at the facility.

Sheriff Richard Jones put it on display shortly after he was first elected to his role in 2004. He said it still holds true today.

All that and a bag of chips: Ohio's long history of potato chip production

Potatoes, salt, and oil. That's all it takes to make the perfect potato chip, according to Paul LaGuardia, owner of Hartville Potato Chips. That, he said, and an acceptance of a certain occupational hazard.

Toledo Blade investigation reveals radioactivity in rural Ohio village's water

For decades, a massive Cold War-era plant created weapons next to the small northwest Ohio village of Luckey. Residents of the rural community have long wondered how the former toxic plant might still impact them today.

Bowling Green plans to offer a new major next school year: AI + X

Earlier this month, Bowling Green State University announced the creation of a new major: AI + X.

Ohioans brace for possible Medicaid cuts

Stacks and stacks of plastic storage bins fill the closets, cupboards and corners of Casey Daulbaugh's home in Bowling Green. She keeps them neat and orderly, tucked away out of sight, but their presence on her mind is heavy.

Ohio rural libraries struggle to plan, amid federal and state funding uncertainty

Beside shelves of nonfiction and mystery novels, Chloe Gauthier tapped on the screen of a smartphone. She wasn't just scrolling – she was coaching.

How Bucyrus became the 'Bratwurst Capital of America'

In 1929, just months before the Great Depression, Harry and Alta Carle opened a neighborhood grocery store in the north central Ohio city of Bucyrus. Generations later, the store — and the city — has developed a reputation.

New podcast shares stories and 'Culturas' of Southern Ohio

Ohio's Latino population has more than doubled since 2000. Much of that growth has concentrated in and around the state's big cities — but it's reached southern Ohio too.

A new bilingual podcast aims to share "the richness and diversity of cultural traditions of Latine communities in Appalachia".

Ohio bet big on career technical education. Advocates say it's just the start

In recent years, Ohio has made career and technical education a priority funding item.

During his 2023 State of the State Address, Gov. Mike DeWine talked about the benefits of young people learning trades like welding, carpentry and construction. The state invested $300 million in the expansion of these career technical education programs in Ohio high schools in its biennial budget.