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  • Murray Lincoln and the Ohio Farm Bureau played a crucial role in the birth of electric cooperatives.
    Features
    October 1, 2023
    Power to the people

    Murray Lincoln and the Ohio Farm Bureau played a crucial role in the birth of electric cooperatives.

  • The garden cemetery movement created the country’s first public parks — and Ohio’s are stunning.
    Features
    October 1, 2023
    Places of rest

    The garden cemetery movement created the country’s first public parks — and Ohio’s are stunning.

  • Ohio State Center for Cooperatives team
    Power Lines
    October 1, 2023
    Teaching the co-op way

    Ohio State’s Center for Cooperatives is a resource for — and proponent of — co-ops everywhere.

  • Beer-Braised Pork Carnitas
    Good Eats
    September 1, 2023
    Crack open a cold one

    A bit of brewski adds a bold burst to this robust bill of fare.

  • Jousting at the Ohio Renaissance Festival
    Features
    September 1, 2023
    Back in time at the Ohio Renaissance Festival

Top Stories

  • Rae Hruby and family
    2023 Reader Recipe Contest - Spooky
    Good Eats
    October 1, 2023
  • Murray Lincoln addresses an assembly gathered to hear about electrification, as Eleanor Roosevelt (left) listens intently.
    Power to the people
    Features
    October 1, 2023
  • So far, more than 100,000 trees nationwide have been removed due to Asian longhorned beetle infestation and damage, and if left unchecked, the damage will only become worse.
    Beetle alert
    Features
    October 1, 2023
  • Each year, teams of Halloween hopefuls line up with their best coffin-racing gear to compete for a $500 top prize at the Chillicothe Halloween Festival, this year from Oct. 13 to 15 at the city’s Yoctangee Park.
    Dead heat
    Features
    October 1, 2023
  • Ohio’s urban garden cemeteries are some of the country’s most distinctive memorial parks, and stunning examples can be found in nearly every population center.
    Places of rest
    Features
    October 1, 2023
  • "Celebrity" - one of Mac Worthington's signature looks. He is best known for his metal sculptures.
    Artist in residence
    Co-op People
    October 1, 2023
  • A trapper searches for signs of mink and other furbearers along an Ohio stream (photo by W.H. "Chip" Gross).
    Nature's assassin
    Woods, Waters & Wildlife
    October 1, 2023
  • In March, more than 30 high school students from Adams County participated in a co-op career fair at Ohio State’s Center for Cooperatives in Piketon with representatives from area co-ops, including Adams Rural Electric Cooperative and South Central Power Company, who shared many of the ways students can launch careers in a cooperative business.
    Teaching the co-op way
    Power Lines
    October 1, 2023
  • Hand holding lightbulb
    Built to last
    Up Front
    October 1, 2023
  • With World War I well underway, Fred Norton joined the Army after graduating from OSU in one of the earliest versions of what would become the U.S. Air Force.
    The amazing Fred Norton
    Features
    September 1, 2023
  • Peggy Kelly (pictured at center) attends the Ohio Renaissance Festival both alone and with her family during the course of the event.
    Back in time at the Ohio Renaissance Festival
    Features
    September 1, 2023
  • When French refugees settled in Gallipolis, they brought with them a strong appreciation for the arts, resulting in the opening of the Ariel Opera House in 1895 at the height of the "opera house" movement.
    Small town, BIG sounds
    Features
    September 1, 2023
  • A trip down memory lane
    Co-op People
    Co-op People
    September 1, 2023
  • Spatulate-leaved sundew
    Meat eaters
    Woods, Waters & Wildlife
    September 1, 2023
  • Crack open a cold one
    Good Eats
    Good Eats
    September 1, 2023
  • A small crowd gathers next to the Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives Education Building during the Farm Science Review to watch South Central Power Company’s live line safety demonstration.
    Lasting lessons
    Power Lines
    September 1, 2023
  • Electrical wire with current
    Safety first
    Up Front
    September 1, 2023
  • Good Eats
    Pits top!
    Mango Avocado Salad
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Ice delivery: Frozen in time Two men pose with a wagon drawn by horses, designed to carry and deliver ice.
Powerful co-op voices Marc Armstrong and Spencer Waugh talk on a staircase.
Kayak craze A group of kayakers paddle through a river.
Owls hint spring is near Short-eared owl
Treasure hunts along the road A girl looks at something in a log while a woman stands behind her.
Dark sky destination A starry sky above Observatory Park.
Safety first Electrical wire with current
Native son John Glenn remembered as hero to rural America A photo of Sen. John Glenn

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