Dark chocolate not just a pretty taste
A Penn State-led study has found that a diet high in flavonoid-rich cocoa powder and dark chocolate can have a beneficial effect on cholesterol.
Dinner to celebrate General Custer’s birthday
Steve Alexander of Monroe, Mich., a living historian who portrays Custer, will tell Custer stories at the birthday dinner Dec. 1 at the Kammeyer Opera House in Jewett.
Our greatest risk is our own panic
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on risk and the fact that we are a nation that jumps to conclusions and is prone to panic. Not everyone, she says, needs to rush out and buy gas masks and take antibiotics without evidence of a threat.
Rural Ohio enduring conflicting trends
Today, 34 percent of Ohio's 11.4 million residents live in townships, outside the boundaries of a city or village. That's 3.86 million people, up from 2.7 million in 1960, when it was 12 percent of the state's population.
Russia lifts nine-day ban on U.S. meat imports
USDA Foreign Agriculture Service officials were successful in dispelling Russian fears of of anthrax transmission from meat products from Florida, and U.S. producers breath easier.
Taft’s ethanol plan political hype
A reader says the legislation Taft plans to support seems a token gesture rather than a plan.
Antique tool collection focus of sale
Planes and levels creating the most interest at the Hazen Auction service Oct. 13 sale of the Ralph Platt estate.
Three enter Natural Resources Hall of Fame
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has honored Ralph Cobey, Frances Kitchen and Roger Conant with its highest honor.
Bred heifer tops Harvest Hills sale
Windemere Lotto Wade, consigned by Farmore Farms, Burton, Ohio, sold for $3,150 to Hartline Valley Farms, Marietta.
Want to start farming? Forages are key
Michael E. Haubner, ag extension agent in Clark County, explains why he sees a future in agriculture for those who wish to do something other than sit on the seat of a big machine.
