Rural Archives – The Buckeye Flame

Students at an Ohio private Christian university hosted a drag show for over 10 years. This year could be the last.

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● February 26, 2026

University of Findlay’s LGBTQ+ student organizers worry Ohio’s proposed drag ban would jeopardize their main source of funding.

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● February 20, 2026

‘The whole message of being yourself in the LGBTQ+ community is being yourself in your own ways’

By Ken Schneck ● Rural ● February 17, 2026

Lacking evidence, police consider case closed.

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● February 10, 2026

‘I am in the most red district in rural Ohio, and we are fighting like hell’

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● February 4, 2026

By collaborating with other local businesses, Kayden Warner sows the seeds of a greener community space in Fremont.

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● February 2, 2026

The first session took attendees from ‘discomfort to comfort’

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● January 8, 2026

‘I just loved the energy from the moment I had seen [the space.]’

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● December 15, 2025

Amy Heutmaker pledges to heal political divide in her rural Ohio township

By Ben Jodway ● Rural ● November 14, 2025

The mayor of Greenville, Ohio, calls bill violators ‘degenerates’ in his letter to the state’s House of Representatives.

By Ken Schneck ● Rural ● November 5, 2025

David Nation could have sued the Waynesville City Council last year. Instead, he ran – and won – to make a statement.