CHEERS to all the workers who will be out today and this weekend, clearing snow and ice from streets and sidewalks to make travel safer for all the rest of us as we experience a winter storm. JEERS to the fact that a Tri-County Help Center official reported that more than a dozen local people ...
Since 2019, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s Expedited Pardon Project has given more than 100 people a second chance by simplifying and speeding up the pardon process. Partnering law schools provide free support for those submitting pardon requests, and those submitted through the project are ...
Cold yet? Wait until the end of the week. The icy blast will intensify and our need to take care of ourselves, our homes, our pets and maybe even our neighbors will intensify. Many of us are fortunate enough to be in warm, well-insulated homes in which there is little worry we will need to ...
As happened in most states when COVID-19 struck, Ohio over-purchased. Now, much of that stockpile is expiring. Ohio auctioned 393,000 protective gowns … for $2,451. The state had to throw away another 7.2 million of them, along with expired masks, gloves and other protective gear. ...
I had not yet been born when, on April 4, 1968, an assassin’s bullet claimed the life of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. I did not live through the tumultuous era when people marched, proptested and literally fought for their civil rights. But I am grateful that they did so, ...
Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day —which means many will enjoy a three-day weekend. It is essential we do more than take extra time away from work or school on that day. More than half a century after King’s assassination, our battered and divided country MUST spend time considering ...