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Like religious congregants all over, the people of historic Brown Chapel AME Church turned off the lights and locked the doors at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic because it wasn't safe to gather for worship with a deadly virus circulating. For a time, the landmark church that launched a national voting rights movement in [...]
A trend to ditch a traditional lawn and replace it with a more natural look or even a patchwork of flower beds, vegetables and fruit trees is gaining in popularity in some parts of the country, but it’s yet to catch on in Ohio, according to the leader of the Ohio Landscape Association. “I have [...]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California likely will have an energy shortfall equivalent to what it takes to power about 1.3 million homes when use is at its peak during the hot and dry summer months, state officials said last week. Threats from drought, extreme heat and wildfires, plus supply chain and regulatory issues hampering the solar [...]
A school system in suburban Kansas City is eliminating more than 100 jobs, including kindergarten aides and library clerks. Oakland, Calif., is closing seven schools. Other districts around the country are merging classrooms, selling buildings and leaving teaching positions unfilled in order to close budget gaps. Public school systems are beginning to feel the pinch [...]
The 34th Ohio Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony at the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy in London last week commemorated the lives of five law enforcement officers from around the state who died last year. The deaths of four of the men were linked directly to completing their individual missions as law enforcement officers, a statement [...]
The Ohio Department of Transportation announced a plan to invest $51.1 million in traffic safety improvement projects that specifically address the rise in pedestrian-involved traffic crashes and fatal roadway departures on state and local roads. According to ODOT, fatal crashes involving pedestrians and roadway departures hit a decade-high level in 2021 — 176 pedestrians were [...]
PITTSBURGH — The caretakers of the Tree of Life synagogue intend to transform the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history and expand its mission. Newly released design plans show a revitalized complex housing a sanctuary, museum, memorial and center for fighting antisemitism — unified symbolically and physically with a dramatic skylight running [...]
SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. officials announced what they called extraordinary steps to keep hundreds of billions of gallons of water stored in a reservoir on the Utah-Arizona line to prevent it from shrinking more amid prolonged drought and climate change. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation plans to hold back about 480,000 acre-feet of water [...]
Columbus was recently selected as one of 16 municipalities to participate in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration heat-mapping campaign to study and address the “heat island effect,” an occurrence during which areas can be 20 degrees warmer than nearby neighborhoods. “Our community is already experiencing more 90-plus degree days and prolonged periods of extreme [...]
As more facilities around the nation are starting to provide shelter to not only homeless people, but their pets, shelters around central Ohio have not yet embraced that trend. Representatives from several local homeless organizations say they are unaware of any local shelters that provide any type of programs or shelter for homeless people’s pets. [...]