When Delores Landers was 16 years old, she dropped out of high school. She was failing math classes and unable to find the academic support she needed.
Now 64, Landers has built a life for herself with only the most rudimentary math skills.
Investors from other countries bought more than a million acres of farmland in the U.S. from 2022 to 2023.
Brittany Saxton got her start in the restaurant industry as a combination pizza maker and dishwasher at Michael Angelo’s, a local pizzeria in Kenton in northwest Ohio.
At 16 years old, she was looking to rake in some extra dough. But soon, the job became more than a source of income.
Pizza captured a slice of her heart.
In a small Toledo classroom, Tahani Mohamed reviews English vocabulary words: manager, photocopier, payroll.
She’s studying to be an office assistant with hopes of someday getting a job in a medical office.
In Sudan, Mohamed earned her Bachelor’s degree in medical laboratory science and worked as a phlebotomist.
Calls to ban books have increased in Ohio, and across the country, in recent years. In 2023, the most recent year of data from the American Library Association, there were more than 40 attempts to ban more than 200 books.
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Gun violence is a leading cause of death for young people in Ohio.
The problem is especially severe in Cuyahoga County, where the gun homicide rate is more than twice the state average.
Ed Newman enjoys his weekly drives, darting from hospitals in eastern Washington County to nursing homes on Ohio’s southern border. He sees it as a scavenger hunt: each stop is a chance to find a discarded piece of medical equipment.
“It’s too important not to salvage that,” Newman said.
In the mid-1960s, James Brown was creating a new style of music — funk.
Instead of turning elaborate melodies, he turned his focus to syncopated rhythms with a strong emphasis on the down beat.
“Like James Brown says, funk is on the one,” said David Webb.
Research suggests the concentration of microplastics in Lake Erie rivals the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
The particles are present in all five Great Lakes, but there’s no coordinated, region-wide effort to monitor the pollutant.
