Located in southeast Ohio in the Appalachian foothills, the churches of Athens County are nestled within small towns, plains, and hollows. Here, Christianity is the predominant religion with around 53% of the county identifying as Christian, accor
       
     
Stories / In the Hills and Houses of the Lord
A church at the center of New Marshfield can be seen through a gap in the trees where train tracks used to pass through town on Saturday, April 3, 2021. New Marshfield, Ohio, is a small town of around 300 residents nestled among the foothills of th
       
     
Stories / New Marshfield, Ohio
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Stories / Beneath Florida Waters
Danita McLaughlin leaves her home in New Marshfield, Ohio, before dawn to head to her daughter, Melanie Shaulis's, house before her daughter leaves for work and her grandchildren wake up on Monday, September 22. Danita normally watches the children
       
     
Stories / Grandparents Are The Glue
Preacher leans in to bump Charlie Musselman's face while Musselman refills the horse's water bucket at Smoke Rise Ranch on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Musselman said riding and working with horses again he's in a much better place mentally. "You can't qu
       
     
Stories / Charlie Two Horse
Peggy Higgs sits on the front porch of her home in McLean's Town, Grand Bahama on September 16, 2019. She said she lost eight family members who were together in their home when it was destroyed by Hurricane Dorian. Higgs is living in Freeport and r
       
     
Stories / Hurricane Dorian Bahamas Coverage