“Is ‘AI’ good or bad? Depends on who you ask” was the headline on my April 16 column here. Right now, I suspect there are some Columbus newspaper readers not calling it “good.” Advances in artificial intelligence, or AI, continue, and new forms known as “Generative AI” are ...

“Surreal” is how Trumbull County Historical Society Executive Director Meghan Reed described the donation of some 500 science fiction movie props to her organization by Warren native John Zabrucky of Los Angeles. I had a similar reaction several months ago when our newspaper’s ...

By the time you read this, week one of high school football, incredibly, already will be in the books. High school football kicked off last week with several games to “preview” the season Thursday night, followed by the regular exciting Friday and Saturday night games under the lights, as ...

Other than TV news, sporting events generally are among the few things that blare from the living room TV screen in my home. I frequently comment to my husband about how lucky we are to have a common love of sports. If we didn’t, come game day (i.e., every day), things could get mighty ...

By the time you are reading this, I already will have returned (God willing) from a trip down South to visit dear friends with whom my husband and I get together about once a year. Together, there are six of us — three couples — who became friends decades ago. New technology — Facebook ...

I hate weather stories. Allow me to clarify. I don’t hate the kind of weather stories that involve news reports on floods or tornadoes or bomb cyclone snow storms. Rather, I hate weather stories that say, basically, “It’s hot!” in the middle of July. Or that say, “It’s really ...