The Appalachian Basin – which includes parts of eastern Ohio – is one of the areas where aquifers are most at risk.

The Heritage Village Museum Center is hosting a Jane Austen festival to commemorate 250 years since the British novelist was born.

Charitable donations have dropped in recent years, and new funding concerns are on the horizon as federal grants have been cut. Some clinics have had to get creative to survive.

Faculty at one Ohio college are devising a plan to defend institutions from what they describe as government overreach.

Cradle Cincinnati – a nonprofit focused on reducing infant mortality – is starting work to expand its model to other Ohio cities through the governor’s Partner for Change initiative.

The Ohio Domestic Violence Network is working to educate more people about the connection between domestic violence and brain injuries.

Two Ohio correctional institutions are bringing in hundreds of new books for incarcerated residents.

A leak at the Austin Powder Plant forced residents in the southeast Ohio village of Zaleski to evacuate their homes last week.

The IGNITE program teaches incarcerated people skills like financial literacy and job interviewing, with a goal of reducing recidivism.

The authors say more federal investment is needed to clean up pollution, reduce runoff and restore wildlife habitat.