THE OHIO NEWSROOM

A statewide tornado drill scheduled for 9:50 a.m Wednesday, March 19, is part of a week-long effort to raise awareness of severe weather.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled $420 million for a program called the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement, which helps food banks and other local groups provide food to their communities.

The medical college based in Rootstown said it made a mistake in pulling the funding after receiving additional guidance on a new policy from the U.S. Department of Education

A team of locals in Athens County is trying to make former mine land economically productive again. Instead of harvesting coal, they’re creating a community forest.

MacArthur "genius grant" winner Shahzia Sikander is showcasing an exhibition across two museums this spring: the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cincinnati Art Museum.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order shutting down Voice of America. The American-based, federally funded news agency has been airing in foreign countries since 1941.

Ohio is home to 25 species of salamander. An abundance of the amphibians — or lack thereof — can indicate the health of a particular area.

That could spell disaster for the local economy: research credits nonprofit organizations for making up at least a third of Cuyahoga County’s total gross domestic product.

A third Ohio jail now holds ICE detainees.

Truck driving is an inherently dangerous profession. But, an Ohio researcher argues the current compensation model for drivers is making it riskier.