Sunday, December 21, 2025
Peyton Boggs

Peyton Boggs poses with his aunt Michelle Esposito holding a bluegill he caught at a friend’s private lake on May 31, 2020.
Crystal Siembida Boggs

Crystal Siembida Boggs had the largest catch of the day in her group catch and release at a friend’s private lake on May 31, 2020.
fair sunset

The state of Ohio is relaxing fair guidelines, following several fair cancellations after Gov. Mike DeWine released the original guidelines for this year May 28. 
sonny perdue speaks

More than $22.1 million went to Ohio farmers, $32.5 million to Pennsylvania farmers and $1.5 million to West Virginia in direct payments through CFAP.
Cars line up next to concessionaires' stands at the Canfield Fairgrounds.

It’s not fair season quite yet. For some counties, fair season isn’t going to look the same this year at all. But with concessionaires showing up to events at fairgrounds around the state, people don’t have to wait for fair season to get their fair food.
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Kent State University Salem is offering a year of free tuition for a first-year student seeking an associate of applied science in horticulture technology.
cathy and ken metrick stand in greenhouse

The Metrick family raises almost every kind of vegetable you can think of, plus apples, some livestock and some bees. It's all for a love of agriculture.
Maggie Byers and her steer, Levi. (Submitted photo)

A 14-year-old 4-H'er asks communities to help as they begin to prepare and train their projects for the upcoming shows, despite the uncertainty of COVID-19.
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Catch up on local 4-H news from Mahoning County Junior Fair board, Happy Harvesters 4-H Club and Granny's Kids 4-H Club.
gardening news

Stark County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will host a virtual workshop via Zoom on composting June 17 at 6 p.m.