It’s summer in our region — the peak season for outdoor living and recreation. As the Ohio Department of Health points out, that means we are in peak tick season, too. In fact, diseases spread by ticks are a growing concern, and the ODH says it is receiving reports of such diseases ...

Ohio doesn’t often follow Michigan’s lead, but in a matter that overshadows any sports rivalry, one Ohio advocacy group appears to have scored a victory. According to Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights, the group was able to drop off more than 700,000 petition signatures to Ohio ...

CHEERS to the return of The Times Leader’s Best of the Ohio Valley contest. Nominations are now underway, allowing readers to select their favorites in many categories. JEERS to recent unstable weather conditions that have caused some holiday events and activities to be delayed. Summer is ...

For families whose households have begun to ring with the cry of “I’m bored!” and “There’s nothing to do!” affordable options for getting out of the house are important. The time-honored tradition of the family road trip is difficult to beat. And, according to WalletHub’s ...

One does not have to look far to see the damage done by the last several years in which some politicians have fooled their followers into believing it is acceptable to be openly, publicly hateful. An example from 2021 came from the Sheffield Lake (Ohio) Police Department, where the chief felt ...

Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a North Carolina case should put to rest Ohio Republicans’ challenge of the court ruling that their proposed congressional maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered. “The U.S. Supreme Court’s not going to grant a hearing now on the existing Ohio ...