Kendall Crawford
Reporter, The Ohio NewsroomKendall Crawford most recently worked as a reporter at Iowa Public Radio. There, she was tasked with covering a 20-county region in rural western Iowa and making those stories relevant to the rest of the state. She covered issues spanning a variety of topics, including refugee populations, renewable energy, agriculture and rural schools.
Before then, she helped cover the Tennessee legislature at WPLN in Nashville, and she reported on education for St. Louis Public Radio.
Kendall grew up in northern Kentucky, right across the river from Cincinnati.
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Ohio is launching the nation’s first statewide drone program for first responders. -
The Mohican Young Star Academy was almost shut down years ago. Today, staff, local law enforcement and community members say it’s still struggling with violent incidents. -
The use of psychedelics is on the rise. Ohio State University is launching a training program to ensure first responders know what to do. -
In an environmental memoir, Ohio native Patrick Wensink traces northwest Ohio’s toxic algal bloom problems back to its swampy roots. -
Ida Holdgreve and Katharine Wright helped sustain the Wright brothers’ invention of flight. -
Toledo residents continue to honor the lives of the men lost in the shipwreck made famous by Gordon Lightfoot’s haunting ballad. -
The wreck of the USS Shenandoah is ingrained in the identity of Noble County, where residents still preserve remnants of the Zeppelin today. -
In communities with an abundance of deer, Ohio hunters are donating their harvests to fight food insecurity. -
The Ohio Office of Long Term Care Ombudsman has launched a pathway for nursing home residents to connect across the state and make their voices heard. -
Gus Smithhisler, known as ‘Squashcarver,’ takes the fall tradition of pumpkin carving to a bigger scale.
