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Those in the local housing sector are anxiously awaiting to see how new funding may help beef up the area's housing stock.

East Palestine, Ohio (CNN) — One Monday in early March, a team of 15 health specialists affiliated with the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry began knocking on

Ohio digital inclusion advocates are working hard to make sure that rural communities in the state have the best weapon for getting high-speed Internet — communities that know Internet matters.

Grant Ritchey Ashland Times-Gazette POLK A man who was seriously injured in a basement explosion and fire on May 6 near the 200 block of County Road 800 is in stable condition, after suffering third-, second- and first-degree burns.  The man is in the intensive care unit of a Columbus-area hospital and is expected to be transferred out of the ICU soon, a family member said.  Before the explosion, the man was packaging fertilizer in his basement where the fire occurred, the family member sai...

Correction: Due to a reporters error, New Vision Fire and Rescue was inaccurately reported as the department originally in charge of the investigation. Tragedy struck a Marion County family after a fire ravaged their home Easter morning, killing a man and three dogs. John Bailey II, 55, of Marion, was pronounced dead at the scene, said April Short of the Marion County Coroners Office. Short said an autopsy is still being conducted by the Lucas County Coroner to determine the cause of death.�...

Alliance investigators: Deadly garage fire caused by fireworks ALLIANCE  Investigators have concluded that black powder being used to make fireworks caused Fridays explosion that killed a 40-year-old man. James M. Phillis was making commercial-grade fireworks in a detached garage near his home when the mishap occurred, according to Alliance Fire Inspector Guy Aumend. Firefighters were called around 5 p.m. Friday to a report of a garage that had caught fire in the 1200 block of S. Libe...

Natural gas explosion caused explosion at home in Port Washington area on Jan. 14