It's hard to pinpoint the origins, but the first known documentation of the sport of arm wrestling comes from 8th century Japanese mythology, which described an arm wrestling match between gods.
In a noisy, refrigerated room, Chase Meeks checked a customer's order before breaking down a large piece of beef. He's the lead meat-processor and manager of a family-owned butcher shop near Shade in southeast Ohio, appropriately named The Local Butcher.
Last year, the Trump administration cancelled millions of dollars in federal grants intended for arts and cultural institutions nationwide.
Last Thursday, the US Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration has the authority to retract Temporary Protected Status, TPS, from Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
The program is meant to help people from countries that have experienced violence, natural disasters, or other unsafe conditions.
Inside Ashland County jail in north central Ohio, jail administrator Barry Backensto slides a bulky black watch on another staff member.
"That would go on there like that," he said, adjusting the strap. "It's just a big watch… like an oversized Apple watch."
On the first day of blueberry picking season, Vince and Toni Lovelace were not surprised to see a line of cars outside their farm in DeMossville, Kentucky.
For Rep. Brian Lorenz (R-Powell), the state's healthcare crisis isn't a partisan matter. It's a personal one.
"I used to see my wife come home, how stressed out she was, how stressed out her friends were," Lorenz said in an interview earlier this year.
This story mentions suicide.
As Ron Smith flipped through a scrapbook in the middle of a Dayton living room, each page documents the life of his daughter, Tristin Kate Smith.
He pointed at a photo of Tristin Smith, smiling in scrubs.
Clare Roth is an Iowa native who now calls Ohio home. After stints talk show producing and news magazine hosting, she's found her true passion in editing others' work.
Very few gun-related bills have passed the Ohio legislature with broad bipartisan backing.
But, SB273, the "Keep Them Safe Act" received unanimous support from the Ohio House and Senate before Governor Mike DeWine signed it into law on June 18.
