Saturday, January 17, 2026
best butcher winners

Mark Madden, owner of The Meat Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania, won the Beef Checkoff’s Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative's Best Butcher Contest on May 10.
salamander mussel

The Watters Aquatic Conservation Center is providing new opportunities for researchers to reverse the downward trend of many species of freshwater mussels.
May 30 Kids Page

We're sorry we forgot to put the Kids Page answer key in the May 30 Farm and Dairy! All of the answers are posted here.
FFA logo

Catch up on local FFA news from Southern Local FFA, R.G Drage FFA, Zane Trace FFA, Northwestern Wayne FFA, West Holmes FFA and Black River FFA.

Chuck and Cheryl Glenn are about two weeks out from the EF2-rated tornado May 8 that ripped through their houses and barns in Hancock County, West Virginia.
Norfolk Southern

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announce a $310 settlement with Norfolk Southern on May 23 for East Palestine.
grazing crowd

Sycamore Valley Farm will host the “MOOchas GRASSias Conservation Chat” on June 13 at 6 p.m. at Sycamore Valley Farms, 765 County Road 1775, Ashland.
barn

The Davidson family farm in Clark County is the third Ohio farm to join the program this year.
forest trail

The Buckeye Trail Association will celebrate National Trails Day June 1 with the sixth annual Biggest Day Hike.
Mississippi River

Seventy million dollars will be invested in unplugging blockages from the nation’s rivers, including the Middle Great Miami River in Ohio.