Abigail Bottar
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Ideastream Public Media
When many Ohioans call 911, the people who show up to help in their darkest hours are volunteers, armed with as little as 36 hours of training and often tasked with fighting bigger fires with fewer people than career departments.
Latest Headlines
- Cancer survival rates reach an all-time high in Ohio and U.S.
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- Canton's Hall of Fame Village gets $70M loan for water park, hotel
- Cuyahoga County Council considering $20M price tag for geothermal energy in new jail
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Editors' Picks
The fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis has led to protests across the country, including several in Northeast Ohio.
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The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion. -
The group that wants to stop the law that changes Ohio's marijuana and intoxicating hemp statutes and to allow voters to decide on it in November will have to try again. -
Ohio isn’t one of the five states where the Trump administration tried to freeze funding funding, but advocates for affordable childcare are worried. -
U.S. Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) weighed in after days of protests against ICE in Ohio and elsewhere. -
Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died. She was 86. Her 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement. -
House Republicans are seeking testimony as part of their investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Clintons say they've already provided in writing what little they know. -
Three measles cases confirmed in one Cuyahoga County household are part of a nationwide outbreak. Cleveland health officials urge families to stay up to date on MMR vaccinations to protect against this highly contagious disease. -
Tomlin was the longest-tenured head coach in major American professional sports. -
Plaintiffs suing Ohio State University in the case involving Dr. Richard Strauss, the former team doctor who sexually abused athletes, wants Les Wexner, a former Ohio State trustee, to be deposed.
