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Emma Gatewood became the first person to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail in 1955 at the age of 67. She’s buried in southeast Ohio, where there’s now an effort to memorialize her gravesite.

Great Council State Park opened this month – the first and only to feature a center honoring Ohio’s Native peoples.

The Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts will visit Ohio this week in an effort to better understand how to serve the state’s rural communities.

Nearly one in five people in Morgan County in eastern Ohio is food insecure, even though the area is surrounded by farmland. New money from the state hopes to address that problem.

The new food assistance program gives families additional money for food once school ends. Advocates say it will help children who rely on school lunches to eat.

The northwest Ohio community of Bryan opened an inclusive playground this month. It's one of 40 in Ohio that's designed to let all kids play.