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Editorials

Protecting Ohio’s children

Earlier this week, the Jackson Township (Ohio) Police Department conducted “Operation Unsportsmanlike Conduct,” in which it targeted predators traveling in an attempt to solicit sex from children. According to a report by WOIO, the operation resulted in the arrests of seven men who were ...

Baseless hate unacceptable

Last week, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the appointment of the state’s newest solicitor general — the person who serves as the state’s lead attorney for appeals in state and federal court. He has chosen Mathura Sridharan, an Ohio native who has been deputy solicitor general ...

Don’t fall for FEMA scams

As Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance finally makes its way to desperate West Virginia counties, the state attorney general also is issuing a warning: Beware of scams. Sadly, those who are most in need of help are often the most enticing targets for online predators. Scams have ...

World Heritage status at risk

Among sites that could be negatively affected by the United States’ plan to leave the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is the Serpent Mound in Peebles, Ohio. It was already on a tentative list to be designated World Heritage Sites — recognition that may never ...

Intel work may stop

Oh, to have been a fly on the wall when Gov. Mike DeWine, leaders of the Ohio Department of Development and JobsOhio learned the “well, actually …” that should have been attached to news a couple of weeks ago that Intel was going to “further slow the pace of construction in Ohio.” It ...

Cheers & Jeers

CHEERS to the coming Tax-Free Holiday in Ohio, where shoppers can save money on clothes, school supplies and many other items for two weeks. JEERS to word that epizootic hemorrhagic disease is likely affecting the white-tailed deer population in Eastern Ohio. A case has been confirmed in ...