“This is not the first time Beachwood student-athletes have been subjected to antisemitic and racist speech. We always hope it will be the last.” Those words from Superintendent Robert Hardis, who leads the approximately 90% Jewish Beachwood School District in Ohio, are a heartbreaking ...

Today is Election Day — a day when we, as American citizens, have important work to do. Two statewide issues will be decided, determining the future of abortion and other reproductive rights and marijuana use in Ohio. But there are also dozens of local races for municipal and township ...

It’s November. The days are getting shorter, and the first snowfall already has hit the ground. Since Halloween has passed, some stores already have started playing Christmas carols. Thanksgiving is just around the corner and Christmas is less than eight weeks away. It’s time to get ...

Officials at a school in Lowellville, Ohio, are likely breathing a sigh of relief after the school’s metal detectors helped them discover a gun in a student’s backpack at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday. Now they know the investment they made works. And fortunately, schools throughout the local region ...

The news last week from West Virginia University’s John Deskins wasn’t surprising, but it should raise the alarm for local officials on both sides of the Ohio River when it comes to economic growth: We’ve got to do better in getting local residents back to work. During the 2023 Economic ...

While we press teachers to do better in educating our children and preparing them for the real world, Ohioans are also expecting schools to fill nearly every other role for some kids, too. Schools are their safe haven, the place where they will be fed — it might even be the only place ...