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Ohio is in a childcare crisis. One county has a solution

There’s not enough child care in Allen County.

An effort to preserve one of Ohio’s oldest cemeteries

The Mound Cemetery in Marietta, on the eastern edge of Ohio, is home to an ancient Adena burial mound. The indigenous people lived in Ohio more than 2,000 years ago.

The site is also where some of Ohio’s earliest European settlers are buried.

UAW’s targeted walk-offs, including at Ohio plant, took automakers by surprise

The United Auto Workers union is in its third week striking against the Big 3 automakers: Ford, Stellantis and General Motors. Toledo’s Stellantis Jeep assembly plant was one of the first sites to walk off to protest wages.

Dog therapy programs at hospitals declined during the pandemic.
Akron Children's Hospital is workin

A massive — and massively fluffy — Bernese Mountain Dog named Katarina is getting ready to start her volunteer shift with the Doggie Brigade at Akron Children's Hospital. Her handler, Jeannie Bussey, is a kindergarten teacher in Hartville who has been part of the Doggie Brigade for 17 years. Five generations of her dogs have gone through the program over the years.

Ohio celebrates Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks’ designation as UNESCO World Heritage site

This weekend, Ohioans will have a chance to see some of the state’s newest international landmarks, the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, up close and personal.

An Ohio carousel carver is keeping Mansfield’s merry-go-round history alive

The heart of Mansfield, in north-central Ohio, isn’t a city hall or a sculpture or a fountain. It’s a carousel. Made locally in the '90s, it’s long been a cherished part of the community.

In pursuit of spatial justice, advocates work to preserve an Athens Black church

The stained glass windows that adorn the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Athens are covered in paper thin cracks.

They’re so fragile, one shattered earlier this year, when March rushed in like a lion.

OH deer! Communities grapple with Ohio's largest herbivore

If you walk through Worthington’s Olentangy Park at dawn or dusk, you’ll almost certainly find bucks and does moving from the edge of the park into residential yards.

Henry Lara, who walks there with his dog, said he loves seeing them.

“But also, they're staying here on the roads. They do walk around the neighborhood. They're not really afraid of people,” he said.

From cornhole to garage fridges, ‘Midwestern Conversation’ runs the (polite) gamut

If you’re in the Midwest and someone asks if you’re any good at cornhole, chances are they’re out for blood.

The Tesla of the cornfield: Self-driving tractors may be coming to Ohio fields soon

Farmers across Ohio and neighboring states gathered this week to talk about the latest in agriculture innovations at the annual Farm Science Review in London, a town in Central Ohio. This year, automation was top of mind.