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Across the Midwest, the rollout of COVID vaccines has been spotty. Lots of people are having a trouble with online signups. And vaccine demand far...

A new report from the nonprofit Council for a Strong America Ohio calls on state lawmakers to increase funding for child care and early education programs…

The isolation and uncertainty of the pandemic are driving the dramatic drop in numbers, threatening the already precarious economies of these areas and widening their socioeconomic drift.

Maps of COVID-19 across Ohio show most all the state is experiencing severe spread, but the situation is even worse in rural areas. Allen, Hardin and…

Earl Lehner digs a big plastic scoop into a feed bin and dumps it into tray. There are four small pens next to one another, housing calves that are only a…

Updated: 4:52 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 The coronavirus continues to spread into Ohio’s rural areas, as the state prepares to send out a new round of federal relief to people who have lost jobs during the pandemic, Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday in a wide-ranging news conference on COVID-19.

The agency serves areas where private carriers won't go. And in those remote communities, which helped elect the president, the Postal Service can be seen as a lifeline as well as a human connection.

Ohio officials have focused testing resources in high-risk areas, like Cuyahoga County and other more populated areas. But what about less populated rural Ohio communities? Geauga County, for example, remains at Level 1 out of 4 in the state’s risk assessment, even as adjacent counties have seen large increases in COVID-19 cases. Does that actually mean there’s less coronavirus spread there?

A study recently published by researchers at The Ohio State University found significant disparities emerging in Ohio's abortion rates over the last…

As new cases of coronavirus mount in the Ohio Valley, health officials are bracing for an onslaught of patients and what could be unprecedented demand for…