Column: Weather might be getting better for fishing
It’s been a frustrating start to the fishing year with the constant flooding and old man winter not letting go. However, I think we may have finally turned the corner and we are ready for some fishing...
View ArticleA proper salute to tomatoes, greens
I just had my first taste of a warm weather favorite. And it was located right outside my office door. A sometimes grower, you see, is always on the lookout for those wonderful, sometimes bitey things...
View ArticleIn the caves of Kentucky: the Floyd Collins saga
Editor’s note: This is something a little different from Fritz Ackerman. It’s a three-part series about a true event far removed from the Clear Fork Valley, but still quite fascinating. Enjoy … unless...
View ArticleColumn: CARE Act would help Ohio’s efforts in Opioid crisis
I recently called for a full-scale public health campaign to fight the opioid epidemic. Getting Ohioans struggling with addiction the treatment they need must be a big part of that effort. But our...
View ArticleGetting the news: a fond goal
Sometimes you have days that remind you of moments in your past. When I worked in Washington, D.C., I at one point was press secretary to an Illinois Congressman. I occupied his office the night a...
View ArticleTurkey season has started in Ohio
Ohio hunters checked 10,415 wild turkeys during the first week of the wild turkey hunting season, April 23-29. The youth season saw 1,895 birds checked in the weekend before. Locally, those harvest...
View ArticleDeer tick warning: my Brownie on the job
SUBURBAN MCZENA — I just found out the things I thought I had left behind when leaving teeming Washington have an odd way of following you. Ever the seeker, wanderer, I happily grew things for farmers’...
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No one knows, for sure, how much importance people place on Mother’s Day. For my family, it is an important day. My sisters and I revered my parents. We would always honor them on their special days....
View ArticleOhio Wildlife Council approves regulations
The 2018-2019 hunting and trapping seasons were among the regulations approved by the Ohio Wildlife Council at its scheduled meeting on Thursday, May 17, according to the Ohio Department of Natural...
View Article‘18 hunting regulationsapprovedby OWC
The 2018-2019 hunting and trapping seasons were among the regulations approved by the Ohio Wildlife Council at its scheduled meeting on Thursday, May 17, according to the Ohio Department of Natural...
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