Local Stories

  • A watering can watering crops in the ground
    Here are some tips: Timing is everything
  • A monument in Ohio that commemorates three Jeffersonian ideals that were pivotal to the Land Ordinance
    In 1774, the Ohio Country was a vast land populated by a host of Native American tribes, and the British Crown wanted to use it as feudal pr

  • A girl holding a cup under a spring waterfall
    ACCORDING TO A MAP from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, most of Ohio’s springs are in the southeast part of the state, with a fair
  • A person inspecting an active honeybee hive
    Heilman manages nearly 800 hives, which he hires out to farmers.
  • A female belted kingfisher
    It’s one of the most intriguing sights in all of nature.

Power Lines

  • Two people pulling on a rope
    by Craig Grooms
    We all live by rules. Rules help keep society orderly. They protect individual rights, and they give families and businesses a fair basis for planning. We make better decisions when we understand the rules and can trust they’re not going to change without warning.
  • A right-of-way before trimming.
    by Amy Howat
    “Washington Electric called me last week and told me they would be here, and here they are,” she says. “I think it’s kind of exciting. They came through and cut the trees without cutting the wire. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
  • Two men sitting in front of computer monitors
    by Jeff McCallister
    In front of those screens at Buckeye Power, the system operations team watches it all unfold, for the most part just as had been predicted the night before, then gets to work on the all-important forecast for the next day.

Feature Stories

  • A monument in Ohio that commemorates three Jeffersonian ideals that were pivotal to the Land Ordinance
    by Craig Springer
    In 1774, the Ohio Country was a vast land populated by a host of Native American tribes, a
  • A person inspecting an active honeybee hive
    by Theresa Ravencraft
    Heilman manages nearly 800 hives, which he hires out to farmers.
  • Dalton Hesson and Delaney Moore performing together on stage
    by Margie Wuebker
    Both joined Future Farmers of America at their respective high schools, and both attended the nat

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