Cara Noyes taps into her musical roots as the music specialist at Newark's Cherry Valley Elementary School and director of ...

The clubhouse of the private Moundbuilders Country Club, the site of the Octagon Earthworks, is seen in Newark, Ohio, on May 24, 2024. April 18 is World Heritage Day, but Ohio History Connection is ...

The clubhouse of the private Moundbuilders Country Club, the site of the Octagon Earthworks, is seen in Newark, Ohio, on May 24, 2024. April 18 is World Heritage Day, but Ohio History Connection ...

Ohio’s Fair School Funding Plan (FSFP), a bipartisan bill signed into law in 2021, has a formula that says public schools should be getting $666 million in the new state budget. Public school ...

7News met with one local therapist whose advocacy for her two autistic brothers is bringing positive changes to the Ohio Valley. Sydney Balgo-Haught grew up in the Ohio Valley and currently works at ...

From left, Belpre Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Karen Waller, Belpre Mayor Susan Abdella, Deana and Marvin Clark at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new Ohio Valley Opry Theater in Belpre.

Dackin today announced the first group of Ohio schools to be honored through the new Governor’s Science of Reading Recognition Program. A total of 47 schools across the state were recognized for their ...

On Tuesday, DeWine called that law the "first step" toward banning cell phones in schools."It's time to finish the job. It's time to ban cell phones in every Ohio school," DeWine said Tuesday ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Under a state law signed in 2024, Ohio K-12 public schools had to pass a policy limiting student device use in classrooms and elsewhere, though districts were given the leeway to determine the details ...

It could take weeks for flood waters to leave part of the Ohio Valley after ‘1,000-year’ rain, forecasters say ...

Over a dozen additional fruit trees and bushes have joined an orchard at a Green Valley elementary school. The greenery, which volunteers from several local organizations planted on Saturday ...