New view of public education
Ohio State University President William E. Kirwan proposes a new education paradigm that views public education as one seamless system that begins with pre-school and continues through graduate school.
Elder care hurts work performance, adds stress
Employees who are caregivers for elder dependents report lower work performance than those employees whose dependents are children, a new study has found.
Exhibit features French paintings: The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse
An exhibition of paintings drawn from the collections of the Walters Art Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art providing a comprehensive survey of painting in France during the 19th and early 20th centuries, opens at the Dayton Art Institute April 7.
Exhibit features the art of the frame
The Frame in America: 1860-1960, an exhibition featuring more than 100 American frames, will be on view April 6 through May 20 at the Columbus Museum of Art.
Ohio farmers seek federal action
Ohio Farmers Union members who met with Ohio Congress members to discuss the Farmers Union's new legislative proposal.
USDA on top of potential disease risk
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on rumor and fact concerning mad cow disease and cattle quarantined in Texas.
Medina County Fair trying to regroup in wake of E. coli panic
The 155th Medina County Fair will be held at the same location it's been held since about 1920, even after the E. coli outbreak at last year's fair.
Charges pending in dairy cattle abuse case
An Ashtabula County barn was seized by officials when diary heifers found knee deep in manure and walking on animal corpses. The cleanup has been completed.
Teaching children financial lessons
In Dr. John Whitcomb's Capitate Your Kids, a guide to teaching teens financial independence, he suggests parents make a contract with their kids - and keep it.
USDA removes sheep from Vermont farms
The quarantined sheep, imported from Belgium and the Netherlands in 1996, were placed under certain federal restrictions when they entered the country. They will now be euthanized.
