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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Mansfield is home to the first hand-carved carousel built after the Great Depression. The company that created it has gone under, but a new merry-go-round maker is stepping up to take its place. -
Community members are rallying to save the Parkside Drive-In in Oregon, outside of Toledo. To them, the theater is much more than just a place to catch a movie.
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A decade ago, Lorain Community College shifted its coursework to meet community needs. It’s a blueprint for community colleges that want to shape their local economies, according to a new book.
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Once they’re on the market, autonomous technologies like self-driving tractors could change the way Ohio farmers manage their crops and, hopefully, help with a widespread farm labor shortage.
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PFAS have been found in more than 50 drinking water systems across the state. New research hopes to help Ohio communities address the problem.
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Many Ohio Black students report needing more support from their higher ed institutions.
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A grant from the United States Department of Agriculture aims to increase seafood production in the Midwest by helping farmers grow fish on land.
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A criminal record can be a barrier to finding employment or housing. A law that took effect this year makes it easier to seal or expunge those records from public view.
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The city of Findlay in northwest Ohio is seeing a growing number of people living on the streets. It's helping its downtown businesses prepare to coexist with that population.
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Rural welder David Griesmeyer created the Ohio Arts Corridor, a quirky public art trail, to bring people into Appalachia in hopes they’ll stay awhile.
