Over the past few decades, cities across Ohio have created citizen police oversight boards — often after high profile shootings of civilians — to try to increase accountability and restore community trust in police.
More working-age Ohioans between the ages of 15 and 64 are dying now than just 15 years ago, according to an analysis by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio.
The organization found that in most other states, people live longer.
Ten years ago, Toledo residents woke up to urgent warnings not to drink or use their water.
A toxic algal bloom in Lake Erie had contaminated the city’s water supply. Hundreds of thousands of residents weren’t able to use the water from their faucets for nearly three days, including Alicia Smith.
This August will usher in the first school year in which Ohio’s 600-plus school districts are required to use instructional materials that align with the science of reading, a body of researchinto the most effective methods of teaching kids to read.
For years, in a small town in southwest Ohio, researchers were setting batteries on fire. They hoped to determine what makes lithium-ion batteries — the ones found in everything from cell phones to electric vehicles — combust suddenly and without warning.
Russ Maddick likes to drive. In his free time, he goes shopping at Goodwill and drives to restaurants like Arby’s and Domino’s.
“Every Saturday, I go with my coworkers for eggs and coffee,” he said.
Maddick has an intellectual disability, so sometimes it can be tricky for him to communicate with people outside of his normal circle, like the police.
The summer Olympics kick off this week in Paris. The occasion marks 100 years since an Ohioan made history in that city.
With a running start, William DeHart Hubbard long-jumped more than 24 feet at the 1924 Paris Olympics, becoming the first Black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual Olympic event.
Last year, 3,651 Ohioans died because of an opioid overdose. The year before, that number was even higher.
A once vibrant amusement park in Northeast Ohio closed almost 50 years ago. In the meantime, nature has reclaimed the space.
On a hot early July day in rural Medina County Gayle Foster walks to a chain link gate. Behind it, construction equipment and a wooded area lead to a lake.
It was a quiet night on a farm in the small zoned community of Valley City in Medina County, save for the sounds of crickets and the croak of bullfrogs.
