Friday, December 19, 2025
bald eagles

The most recent bald eagle census from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife estimates 806 nests in the Buckeye State. 
graduation cap

Scholarship application forms are now available at the guidance offices of Salem  High School, West Branch High School and United Local High School.

Jim Hawk had two requests for when he died. He wanted a wake in the family home in East Rochester, Ohio. And he wanted one final ride in an old car.
Nick Gallo and Chloe Angelo

Ohio's youth wild turkey hunters braved blustery spring weather with rain and snow to check 1,103 birds during the special hunting weekend April 9-10
wheat field

The war in Ukraine and its impact on wheat exports is driving wheat to record prices, leading more farmers to consider planting more wheat as a result. 
4-H-logo

Natalia Kresic, a club Alumna and 2019 Mahoning County 4-H queen, was guest speaker at the Western Reserve Rangers 4-H club April meeting.
FFA logo

The West Holmes FFA Chapter held their March meeting March 21 in the commons of the school.
injecting manure

As H2Ohio rolls out, Ohioans are watching to see what kind of impact it has on the state’s water quality. To help measure that, the OACI is establishing baselines for conservation practices and ways to improve at both the farm level, and in watersheds.
Meat supply chickens

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed on April 16 a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a commercial layer chicken flock, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
brown and white chicken on white sand

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a commercial layer chicken flock in Lancaster County. This is the first case of HPAI in a domestic flock in PA since the 1980s.