Public records reveal that Colony Ridge controls a taxing district that has approved $22.5 million in contracts for one of its subsidiaries.

The sale requires residents to move or sell their homes and find a new place to live, a significant expense for those living paycheck to paycheck.

None of the 16 first-time homebuyers’ properties were assigned tax identification numbers, resulting in erroneous bills, and unprocessed exemptions.

A Houston Landing investigation reveals an unusually high turnover rate of Latino-owned properties in Colony Ridge, Liberty’s County’s largest developer.

Bob Kahla is a fourth-generation cowboy from Chambers County. The longtime Stowell, Texas, resident trains horses, writes poetry and substitute teaches.

Lake Forest Falls residents have spent more than $400,000 spent more than $400,000 over the past decade, dredging sediment that has accumulated in their lakeside community — with no end in sight.

In April 2002, Joan Southgate, a 73-year-old grandmother, retraced freedom seekers' paths through the Underground Railroad.

Living Lands and Water is many things, but namely, the nonprofit says it's the only group doing "industrial strength" river clean-up in the world.

College application season is challenging in Appalachian Ohio. For high school senior Levi Crank, post-graduate options seemed endless, overwhelming.

Educational, geographic and infrastructure issues are factors in exacerbating children's mental health challenges in Appalachian Ohio.

Caden Cox has never let his disability keep him from pursuing his goals. And in fall 2021 the kicker with Down syndrome made college football history.

Appalachian Ohio has 90% fewer charitable assets than the rest of the state, and regional leaders are fighting to find the best way to close the gap.

Black Ohioans in rural and Appalachian towns and villages reflect on their experiences growing up across the state.

Donald Trump promised during his 2016 presidential campaign to bring coal back to Appalachia. Did he come through?

Elyjah Johnson, 13, and his mother car pooled from Ohio to D.C., for the 50th anniversary of MLK Jr.'s "I have a dream," speech at the 2020 March on Washington.

Seven descendants share stories from their ancestors — freedom seekers and abolitionists along the Underground Railroad in Ripley, Ohio — and how their families’ history has shaped their lives.

A pair of politically opposed friends in Ohio are committed to bridging the divide between Democrats and Republicans through non-profit Braver Angels.

Sighs of relief drawn by the Black community, activists and allies were quickly punctured by the police shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio.

Residents from Nelsonville, Ohio, a town 62 miles southeast of Columbus in the heart of Appalachia, refuse to condemn their slice of rural Ohio to the past.

Reporter Céilí Doyle reflects on her mental health throughout the past year, after graduating from college in the middle of the pandemic.

Walter Farmer, a 1935 graduate of Miami University of Ohio, served in WWII for the U.S. Army's Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFA&A) division. A lifelong champion for the arts, Farmer fought for the integrity of culture and honor.

In the wake of two student deaths tied to drinking over nine months from 2016-2017, The Miami Student asked dozens of students, administrators and Oxford residents the same question: “How do you define Miami’s drinking culture?”