Today from The Ohio Newsroom

There's not enough rural veterinarians to care for small town residents' livestock and pets. A new program aims to create a pipeline into the profession.

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

Garden of Joy Culinary Academy wants to arm its students with multiple skill sets: cooking, gardening and emotional regulation.

Carroll County Caring Hands helps neighbors in need get through medical hardship by paying for things like gas and utilities.

Emergency services in Hocking Hills have been responding to record numbers of calls in recent years. Funding hasn't kept pace.

In response to increased immigration enforcement, some Ohio cities are enacting measures to limit cooperation with ICE.

The Ohio History Connection has digitized 160 pieces of analog media like cassettes and VHS tapes. Their next step? Creating a searchable database.

For 18 years, Daytonians of different faiths have been invited to break fast and learn more about Ramadan at a community iftar meal.

Roughly one in 10 former foster youth go on to attain a college degree. A federally funded program is working to increase those odds.

In Ohio's public schools, students are no longer allowed to use their cell phones during the school day. Principals say the policy is making a difference, but students have some concerns.

Centerville native Hannah Beachler has been nominated for her 2nd Oscar award for best production design of “Sinners”.

In “A Fraction of a Point”, sports journalist Nina Mandell explores how one Ohio gymnastics team has taken home the state title 23 years in a row.

It's budget season for public schools in Ohio and there's vociferous disagreement over education funding in the state.

In eastern Ohio's Carroll County, the suicide rate is nearly double the state average. Community health workers are trying to change that.

The eastern Ohio village of Carrollton is honoring jockey Eddie Maple's decades-long career in horse racing.

Nelson T. Gant was a successful strawberry farmer and entrepreneur in Zanesville. A local foundation is seeking to honor him with a statue.

Five Ohio community colleges are shortening semesters, in hopes of making higher education more flexible for adult learners and nontraditional students.

There have been at least a dozen naturalization ceremonies in Ohio since the beginning of this year.

House Bill 29, which takes effect later in March, requires Ohio correctional facilities to provide incarcerated women with free menstrual products.

Ohio is one of the top producing popcorn states in the country.

Amid the data center boom, local governments across Ohio are temporarily banning the facilities.

The LGBTQ advocacy organization GLAAD tracked more than 1,000 acts of hate against the LGBTQ community last year. Dozens were in Ohio.

Ohio is home to the first federally licensed HBCU radio station in the country. WCSU, based at Central State University in Wilberforce, started broadcasting more than fifty years ago.

AgrAbility connects aging and injured Ohio farmers with the free assistive technology they need to stay out in the fields.

The new podcast is about a conspiracy that took place in Ohio and several other Midwestern states during the Civil War.

The Zanesville Police Athletic League boxing gym has been a refuge for community youth for decades – but with rising utility costs, the gym has struggled to stay open this winter.

The Lorain native will be honored with events over the next year across the state.

Dozens of public comments opposing the $98 million Crossroads Solar project appear to be fabricated. Ohio's siting board is considering whether to approve the project.

Last year, the Malta and McConnelsville Fire Department in southeast Ohio tested an artificial intelligence tool to improve emergency care, with promising results.

A team of students and faculty at Kenyon College are working to create a tool that can restore deteriorating historical documents.

A team of students and faculty at Kenyon College are working to create a tool that can restore deteriorating historical documents.

Gwyneth Philips is one of several hockey players with Ohio ties who will take to the ice in Milan for the winter Olympics.

Boasting the most prestigious coin collection in the United States, the American Numismatic Society is renowned for its curation of and research on the history of currency. Now they're trading their New York digs for Toledo.

Ohio is getting more than $200 million as part of the Rural Health Transformation Program, a federal fund to invest in rural health.

Scientists say an innovative shoreline restoration project could curb erosion and improve water quality in the Sandusky Bay.

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.

Yarenci Hernandez reported her birth father's abuse 13 years ago. His conviction only happened last month.

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.

In Washington County, local officials have passed resolutions in an attempt to protect drinking water from fracking waste. State officials haven't taken heed.

Washington County in southeast Ohio has more injection wells storing wastewater from oil and gas drilling than the entire state of Pennsylvania.

Washington County in southeast Ohio has more injection wells storing wastewater from oil and gas drilling than the entire state of Pennsylvania.

Ohio has hundreds of injection wells that store waste from oil and natural gas production. In one southeast Ohio city, they're causing concern.

The majority of Ohio's volunteer fire departments are staffed by volunteers. While the number of volunteers is decreasing, the number of calls those departments have to respond to is increasing.

Ohio's volunteer firefighting system depends on the sacrifice of aging, underpaid and overworked Ohioans who serve their communities out of pride.

When many Ohioans call 911, the people who show up to help in their darkest hours are volunteers, armed with as little as 36 hours of training and often tasked with fighting bigger fires with fewer people than career departments.

Swimming pools across Ohio are in the depths of a lifeguard shortage. But the Northside Pool in Youngstown is well-staffed and helping its youth thrive, thanks to a local lifeguard academy there.

In communities with an abundance of deer, Ohio hunters are donating their harvests to fight food insecurity.

The Hubbard House in northeast Ohio's Ashtabula County was an important stop on the Underground Railroad. After surviving a demolition threat, it has a unique strategy to ensure its future.

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.

The Cincinnati Coalition for Community Safety provides care and supplies to people experiencing homelessness and people with substance use disorders.