Most days here in Eastern Ohio, Mother Nature doesn’t bring anything terribly unexpected — temperatures are usually seasonal or even more mild, winds may be strong and gusty but are more often gentle and breezy, and precipitation keeps our plants green and healthy without causing major ...

What year did this take place? Alcatraz Prison is closed, Aretha Franklin releases “Laughing on the Outside,” Congress passes the Equal Pay Act, and Kellogg’s Froot Loops is introduced. Have you figured it out yet? Here are some more hints in the same year. Stevie Wonder releases ...

A little bird was flying south for the winter and got caught in an ice storm. The rain on his wings began to freeze to where he could no longer fly and crashed to the ground. Lying on the ground frozen he thought, “I will surely freeze to death.” A dog came by and picked up the bird. The ...

Every once in a while, something silly just tickles my funny bone. On Friday, it was Snoopy. Each weekday, I check our comics page to make sure the correct strips, with the correct dates, will be found on that page the following day. While I was doing that Friday, I read the “Peanuts” ...

The Ukraine war is a year old. Interesting that the USA is financing both countries. U.S. taxpayers are paying for weapons and aid to Ukraine. U.S. consumers are financing Russia’s weapons through high gasoline and diesel prices. In the USA when oil prices go to $100 per barrel we hear ...

Spring fever is officially here. Between glimpses of warm, sunny weather intertwined with moody, cooler days, most of us are itching to get back outdoors in some way or another. After the winter weather has kept us all inside more than we like, it is time to get outside again. And Belmont ...