Monday, December 22, 2025

Yearly Archives: 2024

groundhog sketch

High on Gobbler's Knob, about 3 miles outside the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, a crowd of thousands gather every Feb. 2 to celebrate Groundhog Day.
A flame reaching high into the sky can be seen at the end of a railroad tracks that go up the middle of the photo.

It’s not often your community turns into a national news story. But that’s what happened to editor Rachel Wagoner's hometown last February when a train derailed and caught fire in East Palestine, Ohio. She lives less than 4 miles away from the derailment.
Krissy Ferguson East Palestine

One year later, residents of East Palestine still face the impacts of the Norfolk Southern train derailment that leaked contaminants into the water and air.

One year since the East Palestine derailment, safety changes in the railroad industry are lackluster and Railway Safety legislation is stalled in the Senate.
green corn plant under white sky during daytime

Marlin Clark details how global trade and production are impacting grain prices in the United States.
Skunk cabbage flowers displaying thermogenesis

Tami Gringich introduces us to the fragrant wildflower that will soon be making it's appearance: skunk cabbage.
Theresa Blocher’s family

Longtime KIKO auctioneer and realtor Theresa Blocher was recently inducted into the Ohio Auctioneer's Association Hall of Fame.
High Tension Power Lines Over Field

The Ohio Power Siting Board approved an agreement allowing AEP Ohio Transmission Company to construct a new 138-kilovolt transmission line in Scioto County.
multiflora rose

The next Women in Ag Wednesday Webinar will focus on identifying and controlling invasive species in the fence row and woodland edge on Feb. 7.
cattle and bales of hay on pasture

The Northwest Project Grass Grazing Group will hold a business meeting on Feb. 8.