We want to hear about your gratitude

November 6, 2022

If your house is like my house, fallen leaves have been raked, bagged and /or mulched multiple times already this autumn. My husband just took note the other day that within just a few weeks, we’ll be hanging Christmas lights. And this week, I’m already thinking about how many hundreds of dollars I need to set aside for Thanksgiving week grocery shopping, and for ordering my holiday pies. Also this time of year, our newspaper gets very busy collecting and formatting many, many submissions from readers who are sharing their “thankful thoughts.” It’s become quite a ...

Join us for an evening with Andy, Burt, Mike

October 30, 2022

Having been buried under an avalanche of election stories, candidate questionnaires and interviews with so, so many politicians over the past few weeks, it’s been hard for me to think about anything other than the Nov. 8 election. Aside from the candidates who have been fighting this battle since January — or earlier for those in statewide races — I’d argue that no one is looking more forward to the end of campaign season than I am. We get so wrapped up in election season twice a year that some of us in my newsroom might even sometimes forget there is so much more to a ...

Columnist: ‘Be proud, be grateful and defend it’

October 23, 2022

During his recent speaking appearance at Grove City College, syndicated conservative political columnist Jonah Goldberg began by stating he wasn’t expecting to talk about Donald Trump. That is, until he arrived and realized his lecture was promoted with the title “Conservatism in the Age of Trump.” He didn’t shy away from the topic, but he did limit his comments about the former president. “I’m not a big fan of Trump, Trump’s not a big fan of mine,” he said. That shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who regularly reads Goldberg’s political columns on Mondays ...

Raise many questions, but do it responsibly

October 16, 2022

I grew up with an unending inquisitiveness that almost certainly drove my teachers, my parents and my big brother crazy. I never blindly accepted things I was taught. Instead I always questioned how someone had drawn conclusions that were being taught to us. That inquisitiveness led me ...

How local news helps make America great

October 9, 2022

We ran an editorial early last week lauding the important job that local media plays in society. The piece was written as part of National Newspaper Week. Granted, we realize we aren’t the only industry or special interest to hold its own personal celebration. But while many of those special weeks are intended for fun, I believe National Newspaper Week creates an important opportunity to remind readers about what we provide and the critical information, news and entertainment that readers of local newspapers like this one simply cannot easily receive in one, well-organized ...

Discourse, debate needed to inform voters

October 2, 2022

Ohioans overwhelmingly want candidates for the state’s top political posts to face off in one-on-one debates. I’m one of them. A recent USA TODAY Network Ohio / Suffolk University poll determined about 84 percent of likely Ohio voters said candidates for Ohio governor and U.S. Senate should debate one other. Only 10 percent said these candidates should not debate, according to the new poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points. And the strong support for debates spanned across age, gender and political party. I’m disappointed that Gov. Mike ...