“This year, an estimated 74,140 Ohioans will be diagnosed with cancer, and 24,770 are expected to die from the devastating disease,” American Cancer Society Government Relations Director Leo Almedia told Ohio lawmakers recently. Such a figure is chilling enough, but according to a report ...
Those who have spent the last several years frustrated with an Ohio state tourism slogan that seemed to open up the Buckeye State to all kinds of zingers will be relieved to know Gov. Mike DeWine and TourismOhio are ready to return to something a little safer and more familiar. Since 2015, ...
Happy Mother’s Day, Eastern Ohio! It is still hard for me to believe, but it has been almost seven years since my mother, Grace Compston, died. Mother’s Day has been difficult for me after that, but it gets a little easier every year. Looking back now, I am not stricken with sadness each ...
“My mother is someone who shows me how to live,” said Cathy Daigle, Grade 4, St. Joseph’s School, Maine. Say “mother,” “mom,” “momma” to a roomful of people and you’re likely to call forth a roomful of images. Today’s mother may be a homemaker, an executive, a doctor, ...
Dear Editor, The Belmont County Adult Services Coalition would like to acknowledge the hard work of everyone who helped make the Annual Senior Support Fair a success. Special thanks to this year’s Fair Committee chair and the committee who worked on the logistics that enabled us to offer a ...
Dear Editor, With (President Joe) Biden announcing his re-election bid, we must address the elephant in the room. Why are we seeing so many leaders with challenged healthy brains? It is really becoming a major wonderment to me as to why so many political leaders are profoundly ...