Officials in Youngstown, Ohio, have dealt a setback to a company’s plan to build and operate a recycled tire waste-to-energy plant near the center of the city and adjacent to a neighborhood of predominantly Black residents, enacting a one-year moratorium on such industrial processes.
Mayor Jamael Tito Brown signed the ordinance Dec. 26.
Chronic absenteeism is a problem in Ohio.
Cleveland is home to the Rock n’ Roll Music Hall of Fame and early punk pioneers. Dayton is known as the “land of funk”. Cincinnati housed a former record label that turned out R&B hits and Columbus was once teeming with jazz legends.
Spending time outside has a lot of benefits for both physical and mental wellness.
Research shows being outside encourages physical activity, social interaction and decreases stress.
But making time to get outside isn’t always easy, especially during a cold, dreary Ohio winter.
For Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter Seymour, reading is a way of better understanding her home state and all of its nuances.
As a ninth generation Appalachian, Seymour regularly writes about her home in southeast Ohio. She said reading authors from our region can be a way of building bridges with our neighbors, no matter how distinct their experiences may be.
“Places, places from the top!”
Standing in the middle of a bright yellow room decorated with African art, Deondra Kamau Means called out instructions to a group of energetic children.
“That means you go back to the spot you were with your group,” he explained to one child, as she scampered across the wooden floor of the rehearsal space.
The state department of health released a report earlier this year that shows 80% of kids in Ohio who fail vision screenings don’t receive follow-up eye care.
That number is the worst the state has reported since at least 2017, and it’s even higher in rural counties.
A stroll down the main street in Cambridge looks a lot different in December. The quiet, quaint town gets unusually busy. Its benches are filled with couples carrying presents. Carolers stand on the edge of the sidewalk. Salesmen peddle candles and apples.
The testimony came nine days into the murder trial that would send Deonte Baber to prison for much of his life — testimony that was improperly introduced by the state’s key witness.
Michael Buehner served 12 years of an 18-to-life prison sentence for murder before finding evidence that would support his innocence claim — evidence that Cuyahoga County prosecutors in Ohio withheld from him and his attorneys.
He lost two appeals and was starting to lose hope when, one day, a friend visited him in prison, armed with a stack of police reports.
