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 EBT cards lack the technology that protects credit and debit cards from theft. Advocates warn many more Ohio families could have their benefits stolen if they’re not upgraded. -
A Bloomberg Law investigation found that school districts in 19 states, including Ohio, have faced lawsuits for strip searching children and teenagers. -
A mastodon bone will be on display at the Museum of Fulton County, nearly half a century after its original discovery. -
Ohio’s volunteer firefighting system depends on the sacrifice of aging, underpaid and overworked Ohioans who serve their communities out of pride. -
Ohio volunteer fire departments are funded through local levies. That forces small rural communities to rely on shoestring budgets to keep their communities safe. -
Emily Eddy was selected as one of the National Rural Health Association’s 2026 Fellows. Her work will focus on increasing access to pharmacies across Ohio. -
Ohio University researchers are testing new ways to rehabilitate pipes. They hope it could lead to less road closures for the country. -
A Toledo musician has opened a museum to preserve the history of sacred steel, an African American gospel tradition built around the steel guitar. -
In communities with an abundance of deer, Ohio hunters are donating their harvests to fight food insecurity. -
Toledo’s long-time organizer of Kwanzaa, Diane Gordon, has passed the torch to her grandson, Rodney. They talked together about the meaning of the African American holiday.
