ODNR hopes to protect farms from natural gas pipeline
COLUMBUS -- David Hanselmann, chief of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Soil and Water Conservation, signed an Agricultural Impact Mitigation Agreement...
Friendly Trapper puts advice on CD
SALEM, Ohio -- The Friendly Trapper has compiled his best tips, tricks and time-honored advice on a 75-minute CD.The CD has 49 tracks focusing...
Portage Co. farmhouse set to make TV appearance
SALEM, Ohio -- The Ravenna-area farmhouse whose renovation turned up historic artifacts and a rich family history will be featured on Home & Garden...
Climate change: Cotton crop may be possible in Ohio
Expert says crop suitability will change in Midwest in our lifetime.
BSE confirmed in Canadian dairy cow
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a 6-year-old dairy cow from Alberta, Canada. The animal's carcass...
U.S. medical care can’t get worse
Editor:
In the recent past, we have been overwhelmed by activists, the media and political leaders concerning the 50 million people in this country who...
Agenda against religion
Editor:
No organization in America discriminates against religion more than the American Civil Liberties Union. This infamous group has launched a systematic war against...
Campus turns waste into biodiesel
At Mount Vernon Nazarene University, vegetable oil bathes French fries and other foods in a golden crust. Then it plows sidewalks, powers maintenance equipment and the occasional bus.
‘Creative capitalism’ may save the world
The man who helped make computers a part of modern life — and in the process became the world’s richest person — is shifting his primary focus to dealing with the problems of the world’s poor.
Foreclosure advice from the experts
In 2007, one of every 56 households in Ohio became engulfed in some stage of foreclosure. The figure, reported by the housing data firm RealtyTrac Inc., makes Ohio’s rate of foreclosures the sixth-highest in the nation.













