Rural Ohio

Jalyn Thacker is aiming to create a safe space in his rural Ohio home by hosting the first Pride festival in Adams County.

In her new book, “Incomer,” Bonnie Proudfoot uses poetry to explore what it was like to make Central Appalachia her home.

Wright State University in Dayton is creating a new curriculum to help rural students understand artificial intelligence.

Ten small Ohio police departments have inked agreements with ICE to help enforce federal immigration law. But many say they aren’t actively participating.

Most rural areas of Ohio have been voting Republican for decades, but Democrats have been trying to change that.

While publications across the country reinvent themselves to survive, one Ohio weekly is succeeding by staying the same.

Rural Ohio gained about 3,000 residents between 2024 and 2025.

Of the 500 counties across the country that use the most pesticides per square mile, Investigate Midwest found 60% have above average rates of cancer.

Since the war in Iran started a little over a month ago, diesel isn’t the only cost that’s been climbing. Fertilizer costs are rising too.

Food banks across Ohio say a proposed bill in Congress could help them get food assistance to homebound seniors.