Saturday, February 21, 2026
Todd Miller and Pete Conkle

Todd Miller and his family host a pasture walk on their farm, Farmboy Cattle, to celebrate and discuss their conservation efforts.
An orphan well is circled in red near the base of a pole barn.

Representatives from the ODNR and Pennsylvania DEP, as well as plugging and environmental contractors, talked about the realities of plugging orphan wells during a panel at the Shale Insight Conference.

The 2023 Belmont County Junior Fair Sale brought in more than $820,000 for exhibitors. Find the full results and photographs here.

Find the full results for the 2023 Hookstown Fair Junior Livestock Sale here.

Find the full 2023 Portage County Randolph Fair Junior Livestock Sale results here.

The 2023 Stark County Fair Junior Livestock Sale brought in $1.3 million for exhibitors. Find the full results here.

Find all the results from the 2023 Canfield Fair junior livestock sale here.
hornet nest patterns

Tami Gingrich offers insight into the construction of the large, grey, pear-shaped, nests built by bald-faced hornets.
Spotted lanternfly

The dread spotted lanternfly poses the biggest threat to grapevines, which has some vineyard owners in Erie County worried and preparing for the worst.

A deep rich purple with a sweet and sour taste, grape pie is an anomaly to many who have never tried or heard of it.