In Northwest Ohio's Williams County, it isn't hard to find a job: Local leaders say the county's economic growth is expected to outpace Toledo's, in Lucas County.
But it is hard to find a place to live in Williams County, which a recent housing study found is about 400 units short of the projected need.
Three years ago, Hamilton County's Clerk of Courts Pavan Parikh announced a plan to remove inactive eviction records from the municipal website after they were three years old.
This week, an Ohioan is competing for a national title that celebrates the advocacy and achievement of young women in wheelchairs.
60,000 people are expected to fill the grandstands at the Wood County fairgrounds this weekend.
Last August, the stands were full. Instead of wearing jerseys and shouting team names, fans repped John Deere trucker hats and hollered for horsepower, as tractors of varying size rolled onto a dirt track for the National Tractor Pulling Championships in Bowling Green.
In 2023, the city of Athens voted to ban single-use plastic bags.
But a state appeals court ruled in July that the ban violates Ohio law and therefore can't be enforced.
In Lucas County, home to the city of Toledo, the cost to place children in foster care is soaring.
The county pays upwards of $21 million a year to place kids in the system. That's $9 million more than just a few years ago, said Randy Muth, executive director of Lucas County Children Services.
A national report shows that Ohio mayors are not alone in prioritizing local business growth.
Despite attempts to save it, the longstanding Pixelle Specialty Solutions in Chillicothe closed its doors permanently on Sunday.
The southern Ohio paper mill announced its planned closure in April after nearly 200 years of operating in Ross County. Local leaders and state representatives alike pushed to delay its shuttering, but ultimately the company ceased production this weekend.
Myrlande Constant creates intricately beaded tapestries, packed with vegetation, people, animals and various symbols from Haitian Vodou.
"'Painting with beads' as she calls it," said art historian Katherine Smith, who co-curated an exhibition of Constant's work at the Fowler Museum at UCLA in 2023.
Planet Money's Jack Corbett is best known for translating nebulous economic concepts into bite-sized, surreal TikToks that break down credit scores, tax brackets and the national debt.
