Thursday, April 25, 2024

Editor Susan Crowell gets an insider's peak at the lives of seemingly ordinary individuals who worked quietly to accomplish some extraordinary things.

Producers, livestock exhibitors and youth will be introduced to optional methods of tail docking sheep during the Ohio State Fair in August.

Ashtabula County farmer Hugh Hamilton was lifeflighted to Cleveland Metro Hospital after driving his tractor and grain wagon into the path of a freight train.

The Columbiana County Historical Association and the Columbiana County Agricultural Society selected five individuals to induct into the Columbiana County Agricultural Hall of Fame.

The overall Carroll County Fair junior market livestock sale total hit $108,973.95, exceeding last year's total by more than $800.

The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City has unearthed an unsigned drawing by Italian renaissance sculptor Michelangelo.

Molly and Ted Bartlett combined their love of the outdoors with a love of food and started Silver Creek Farm, a certified organic produce farm in Hiram, Ohio.

The Federal Highway Administration designated the Historic National Road in Ohio an All-American Road, and named the Amish County Scenic Byway a National Scenic Byway.

An 1868 barn was dismantled near Alliance, but will be given new life as a barn-home near Wadsworth next year.

The Zoar Harvest Festival, Aug. 3-4, will commemorate the summer wheat harvest done by the 19th century German Zoar Separatists who founded Zoar Village in 1817.