Friday, February 13, 2026

The whole Social Security reform issue is: a) confusing, so I tune it out b) political, so I tune it out c) someone else's problem d) all of the above e) there's a problem? At times, I'm afraid, we all feel like selecting any one of these options.

Last week, a busload of Pennsylvania farmers visited three dairy farms in eastern Ohio as part of a dairy profitability tour.

A Feb. 28 decision that affects agriculture has been largely overshadowed by other news. But farms need to know about it.

No two words chill a landowner's soul like the words "eminent domain." The concept of eminent domain is the right of a government to take private property for public use, like a road.

I bought a new vehicle last week to appease my husband. I wanted to drive my car until it dropped. After all, it only had 103,000 miles on it.

A lot of information crosses our doorstep. Some we publish; some we pitch. Some we file for future reference, never sure what or when might make us dig into that folder.

His eyes were intense, piercing almost. And I was more than a little intimidated when he stepped into the office where then Editor Tim Reeves was interviewing me for a staff reporter position.

Fact: Rendered protein products that contain specified risk materials from cattle with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) are the main source of mad cow disease, if other cattle eat those materials.

I crawled under the covers and hoped Keith would ignore the ice cube toes I inched closer to his leg.

When mad cow test alerts hit the airwaves, Dusty and Cheryl Sonnenberg were worried they wouldn't be able to market their dairy beef products.