The Ohio Department of Agriculture is distributing grant money to 22 counties across the state, aimed at helping their communities plan for growth.
The Land Use Planning Grants range from $25,000 to $50,000 per county, funded through the state budget which was approved by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in June 2025.
Paul Brennan isn't your typical tailor. In fact, he doesn't even have a sewing machine. Instead, his workshop is filled with hand-hewn tailor's tools that would look more at home on a film set or a historical farm.
This conversation is based on reporting from Delaware Source. Read more of their coverage on the closing of Grady Memorial Hospital's maternity unit at delawaresource.com.
More than two dozen hospitals in Ohio have closed or consolidated maternity care since 2018, according to a count by the Ohio Hospital Association.
It's hard to pinpoint the origins, but the first known documentation of the sport of arm wrestling comes from 8th century Japanese mythology, which described an arm wrestling match between gods.
In a noisy, refrigerated room, Chase Meeks checked a customer's order before breaking down a large piece of beef. He's the lead meat-processor and manager of a family-owned butcher shop near Shade in southeast Ohio, appropriately named The Local Butcher.
Last year, the Trump administration cancelled millions of dollars in federal grants intended for arts and cultural institutions nationwide.
Last Thursday, the US Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration has the authority to retract Temporary Protected Status, TPS, from Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
The program is meant to help people from countries that have experienced violence, natural disasters, or other unsafe conditions.
Inside Ashland County jail in north central Ohio, jail administrator Barry Backensto slides a bulky black watch on another staff member.
"That would go on there like that," he said, adjusting the strap. "It's just a big watch… like an oversized Apple watch."
On the first day of blueberry picking season, Vince and Toni Lovelace were not surprised to see a line of cars outside their farm in DeMossville, Kentucky.
For Rep. Brian Lorenz (R-Powell), the state's healthcare crisis isn't a partisan matter. It's a personal one.
"I used to see my wife come home, how stressed out she was, how stressed out her friends were," Lorenz said in an interview earlier this year.
