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John Hancock of Happy Wife Acres holds a quail in his left hand in front of a cage of other quail on their farm.

Why raise quail instead of chickens? Ohio homesteaders explain pros and cons

People have been flocking to raise backyard chickens in recent years. But raising these birds at home is not for everyone. An Ohio couple who homestead says there's a great alternative: quail.

The American Numismatic Society has been headquartered in New York for its entire history. Now it's heading for the Glass City.

Cha-ching: Ohio lands America's most prestigious coin collection

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.

A clean white ambulance waits on a field of cut grass.

Emergency services in Hocking Hills are strained. Can a new source of funding help?

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

Signs opposing a data center north of Ashville, Ohio line the streets of that village.

Ohio towns are pushing back against data centers - to varying degrees of success

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

Ohio House Democrats hold a press conference to announce their affordability packages for consumers.

Ohio Democrats propose bills on affordability, but Republicans have different ideas

Supermajority Republicans in Ohio legislature are not embracing the Democrats' proposals on energy costs, health insurance and child care.

National Conference on Higher Ed in Prison come to Cleveland with call to deepen access

The 15th annual National Conference on Higher Education in Prison helped educators share best practices but also discuss challenges facing the field.

The Little Dipper at Memphis Kiddie Park in Brooklyn, Ohio, is the oldest operating steel coaster in North America.

This Northeast Ohio kiddie park is home to the oldest steel coaster on the continent

Memphis Kiddie Park in Brooklyn, a suburb just south of Cleveland, is not only an enduring piece of Americana — it's also home to the oldest operating steel coaster in North America.

Historian Katherine Durack shows off a quilt she made inspired by a missing stained glass window once housed in the Mercantile Library. The window picturing a woman reading was commissioned by noted Ohio suffragist Augustine "Gussie" Ogden in 1904. It was partially a tribute to her late husband — but also a nod to the Mercantile's connections to the women's rights movement. The whereabouts of the window and another arts-themed one are currently unknown.

The Mercantile Library is trying to solve the mystery of its missing stained glass windows

Cincinnati's Mercantile Library is trying to solve a mystery involving stained glass, women's suffrage and a church in small-town Indiana.

Suzanne Bachmeyer holds up instructions for a fentanyl test strip. The harm reduction tool can no longer be funded through federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services grants.

Ohio orgs to distribute fewer fentanyl test strips amid federal funding rollback

SAMHSA says its federal grants can no longer be used to purchase substance use testing strips. Ohio organizations are scrambling to replace the lost funds.

A row of nurses, patients and healthcare professionals hold signs that say, "Save Grady Memorial Maternity."

One of Ohio's fastest growing counties will soon lose a labor and delivery unit

OhioHealth will close the labor and delivery unit at Grady Memorial Hospital in central Ohio’s Delaware County at the end of July. It’s the latest in a string of more than two dozen Ohio hospitals that have closed or consolidated maternity care since 2018.

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