Consider the fact that you’re either an angler or you’re not. Even if you have only a foggy memory of a day long ago when someone took you to a pond and handed you a fishing rod, you are a fisher. So, the way I see it, everybody started somewhere or they simply never took the bait. ...

In the 78-year history of NASCAR, no driver has ever won the first three races of a season. That is, until basketball legend Michael Jordan hired Tyler Reddick and set the 2026 NASCAR season on fire. In 2020, Jordan teamed with Denny Hamlin to form 23XI Racing. The team has won at various ...

Slowly but surely, our Mahoning River is reverting to the time when it flowed freely through a hardwood valley unencumbered by modern times. Our valley’s lifeblood river hasn’t always had a happy existence. In the 19th century, as Youngstown and her sister cities grew along the banks of ...

Ice and snow may come and go, but spring is the promise nature never fails to fulfill. People who love to fish are biding their time in this “tweener” season as winter fights to maintain its frigid grip while the winds shift and the sun beams more energy across our region. The annual tug ...

An associate yesterday quipped that I should stop writing on a typewriter because there are gadgets called computers that make things easier for a writer these days. (So picture a laughing-face emoji here.) I know my friend was teasing. I have been fishing and writing longer than many ...

A few million extra fish will be swimming in the vicinity of your lures this spring thanks to efforts funded by Ohio anglers’ fishing license fees. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife announced recently that more than 36 million fish were stocked by the Division ...