On the surface, there is nothing special about the dirt field Sarah Marshall is standing next to, just outside of Defiance. It sits off a country back road, empty and unmoving, like any other soybean field in northwest Ohio awaiting planting.
But, Marshall, adult services associate at the Defiance Public Library, knows better.
When Jennifer Harris found out she could get married during the eclipse, she knew that’s where she’d be saying ‘I do.’
“We were trying to find something more unique,” she said. “And when this came up, we just immediately were excited about it.”
On a spring day in the Wayne National Forest, a crew of hard-hat clad volunteers pulls weeds, trims trees and clears branches from a winding dirt trail.
Rob Call is among them.
In the summer, he’ll make the hour-long drive from Lancaster to mountain bike here nearly every weekend.
The last time Ohio experienced a total solar eclipse was June 16, 1806. The so-called Tecumseh Eclipse played a significant role in the legendary Shawnee leader’s fight against western settlement of native lands.
But a deeper look at the early years of Ohio history suggests the eclipse may be misnamed.
Fifty years ago, a tornado touched down in Greene County, killing more than 30 people.
In the years since, lots of attention has been paid to the impact on the City of Xenia and to the changes the disaster prompted in Ohio's emergency management system.
A new film is screening across Central Appalachia.
Film director Elaine McMillion Sheldon calls King Coal part-documentary, part-fable.
Next week, thousands will gather across Ohio as a solar eclipse passes through. A couple moments of total darkness will fall on towns like Dayton, Cleveland, Toledo and Bowling Green – where a team of Bowling Green State University students and professors have created “Eclipsing History” a podcast exploring the history of the rare astronomical wonder.
THE ACLU of Ohio, along with others, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of abortion providers who say several state laws on the books are violating the Ohio constitution based on voter approval of Issue 1 last fall.
Casual sport remains an immensely popular pastime for people all over the world. But in an age of isolation and increasing reliance on technology, it's become more difficult for some people to find casual group-play to unwind.
Reverend Arthur Butler typically preaches to the pews of Providence Missionary Baptist Church. But, on a night in December, he took his sermon instead to the Lima Public Library for a special forum.
“It’s a gun violence situation that needs to be corrected and the only way we're gonna do it is pull together,” he said to a gathered crowd of community members.
