Columns

News mostly good for fall harvest

Harvest season continues to move forward this week for Clinton County, with many favorable yield reports coming in for both corn and soybeans.The harvest...

Great Oaks, great investment

On November 6 — or before, if you’re voting early, you’ll have the chance to determine the future of career-technical education in 36 southwest...

Living life while time marches on

In recent years I’ve watched good friends walk the valley of battling cancer. Somewhat slowly they went through the process of fighting for their...

Focusing on fighting addiction

The National Center for Health Statistics reported that Ohio’s rate of overdose deaths has grown 41 percent from 2016-2017. Clinton County has the fourth-highest...

Escape of Everett Crum, Part 2

This is the second of a three-part series.Sergeant Frank Copeland represents all that is good in a police officer. He is inquisitive, smart and...

Halloween no paper-bag-drag

Some things haven’t change over the decades. Kids still like to dress up for Halloween.In the ’50s and ’60s, we often dressed as ghosts...

Judge: Vote ‘no’ on Issue 1

Issue 1 is a proposed Constitutional amendment currently before the electorate, not the Clinton County Common Pleas Court.Judges typically provide opinions only on matters...

It’s never dull in agriculture

Out of the fire and into the cooler is the description for the sudden weather change that occurred this week. It seems to fit...

Farm bill expiration fails young people

The farm bill is the primary method in which our government invests in rural communities across the nation – without it, our farmers would...

Traveling and learning, we are one

I added another country this summer to the 40-plus that I have been privileged to visit over my lifetime. The first dozen was in...