On February 17, 1871, the Ohio State Journal published a letter to the editor describing what the writer said was a dire situation of neglect at the graveyard at the Ohio Penitentiary: “Their bodies are buried by days, to be dug up at night by unforbidden resur
Students enrolled in the departments of medicine at various Ohio medical schools soon discovered the answer to their quandary lay inside the gates of the local graveyards.
Every law, regulation, and policy choice that touches the electric industry has the potential to affect the cost and reliability of the power that electric cooperative members depend on every day. For co-ops, political engagement is not about partisanship; it’s about making sure the people who make decisions understand the people who live with those decisions.
Standing in a dusty corner of the eclectic Memorial Museum in Mansfield is part of a tree trunk, dark with age, measuring about 8 feet long and a foot wide.
Chapman had always been drawn to the woods and wilderness, intrigued by Native people, wildlife, and the many medicinal plants the vast forests provided. A kind, gentle, religious man, he was also a born storyteller. And he respected all animals, both domestic and wild — he was never known to have carried a weapon. Historian Henry Howe, who traveled Ohio during the early 19th century, while Johnny was still alive, even related this story:
Ohio’s rural communities are shaped by wide open spaces and deep local ties, by multi-generational farms and innovative small businesses. They’re connected both by a common desire to succeed and by the services and infrastructure that keep daily life moving.
Governor
Two candidates who have never held elected office face off for governor, as Republican Vivek Ramaswamy takes on Democrat Amy Acton.
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At an otherwise nondescript warehouse on Columbus’ east side, monsters gather. A trio of skeletal pirates shares a bottle of rum. A cluster of men in lab coats, the flesh melting off their faces, conspire in a corner. Frankenstein’s monster stalks amid gutted corpses.
Bruns traces his fascination with the fantastical back to his 1970s childhood in front of the television, watching Leonard Nimoy host In Search Of..., the classic mystery documentary series that explored everything from UFOs to sea monsters. When he saw the original Star Wars — particularly the cantina scene, packed with alien faces unlike anything he’d ever seen — he was hooked.
“That ignited a fire in me,” Bruns says. “I’ve always had an interest in cryptids, UFOs, any kind of unexplained things. I guess it lends itself to this art form.”
The chill in the air every fall signals the end of harvest season, but enjoying your homegrown bounty doesn’t have to stop when the weather changes. There are lots of different ways to preserve all that produce so you can enjoy your garden goodies all the way through the end of the year and turn your cornucopia of crops into delightful dishes for the holidays.
Dry storage
Members of the Coshocton Mountain Dulcimer Gathering know how to draw a crowd. Like the Pied Piper of Hamlin, all they need to do is play their instrument of choice.
Dan Thorson of Coshocton learned about the group in 2018. He already played guitar, but decided to learn the dulcimer when a friend showed him one that the friend had built from a kit.
“The members quickly brought me up to speed,” he says. “We played a few songs and had a lot of fun. I just kept coming back and I thoroughly enjoy every minute.”
Members spend the first hour or so of their bimonthly practices learning one or two new songs. The second hour then inevitably turns into a jam session featuring other tunes in their repertoire.
