CHEERS to St. Clairsville City Council for opting to name a stretch of roadway in the city for retired police chief Martin Kendzora. JEERS to news that funding cuts in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” could lead to health care shortages in West Virginia and rural parts of other states, as ...
In the Buckeye State, particularly in rural or lower-income regions, not all kids are able to get regular care from a dentist. It’s a generations-old problem, but between 2022 and 2024 CareQuest Institute for Oral Health and Oral Health Ohio tried a pilot program to do something about ...
Though the results of Ohio’s latest redistricting attempt have yet to be seen, state House Speaker Matt Huffman, R-Lima, should be commended for one thing: He says he will not give in to pressure from the White House to draw maps that meet the approval of President Donald Trump. “I’m ...
When it comes to economic indicators, the big national metrics don’t always reflect what is happening in ordinary households. But families certainly understand what it means for them if they are forced to rely more on credit cards to get by. According to WalletHub’s “States with Largest ...
Anyone who reads this column on a regular basis knows that my husband Mike and I aren’t very good at taking days off. When we are off from work, we almost always find some project to occupy our time. It seems we are constantly remodeling and replacing outdated or insufficient things around ...
Southeast Ohio is facing the largest outbreak in the region’s confirmed cases of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in deer. An Ohio Division of Wildlife deer biologist told The Columbus Dispatch this year’s outbreak is the largest he has seen in his career, and that hundreds of dead or sick ...