Five years later: George Washington’s gristmill is anxious for visitors
After five years of intense research and restoration work, George Washington's gristmill at Mount Vernon opened earlier this year.
Hale Farm hosts train ride and Civil War battle
Accompany Union reinforcements of the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry reenactors group as they head south aboard Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad to meet their fellow troops for the battle at Hale Farm and Village Aug. 10.
High heat, lack of rain tough on crops
July 2002 was the driest July in the 110 years that the Copeland family has been keeping weather records from their post in southern Columbiana County.
Pennsylvania detects West Nile virus in eight counties
West Nile Virus has been detected in 12 birds in eight Pennsylvania counties.
Political button collectors will host Indianapolis event
The Indiana Chapter of the American Political Items Collectors will host a convention Sept. 14 in Indianapolis.
Raphael’s Renaissance works come to Cleveland for nation’s only showing
The Cleveland Museum of Art is the first and only venue in the nation to display Raphael and His Age: Drawings from the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, Aug. 25 through Nov. 3.
Rural America’s single, elderly women deal with poverty and isolation
Elderly women living in rural areas are increasingly susceptible to lives of poverty and isolation.
Crop insurance program expands into Pennsylvania
USDA's Adjusted Gross Revenue crop insurance pilot program has expanded to eight counties in Pennsylvania.
Don’t skip soybean aphid scouting despite low appearance numbers
The presence of the soybean aphid marks the third year it has been found in Ohio, and each season has brought more questions rather than answers in the challenge to effectively control the insect.
Pondering the strange, but true
Editor Susan Crowell mulls the oddities of human nature and governments.
