Opinion
Support Ohio’s newspapers vs. Big Tech
Media outlets in America are boxing with the biggies. In this corner: Google and FaceBook (rebranded as Meta). In that corner: multiple newspapers. Sh...
Reflections: Cardington is 200 years old
I plan to have more on the Cardington history later but I am reading the story of Cardington written by a resident and teacher, now deceased, in which...
Reflections: Tales of girl corn grower
Yes, this was the headline in a January, 1916 Morrow County Independent newspaper. It was headline news when a girl, “Miss Leelo Jones, was the ...
Reflections: A contrast in news reporting
As you know I love looking through past newspapers and read the contrasts between the news of that time and that of today. For instance, scanning a No...
Ohio, Make 2022 a year to read
No pressure. No noble goal to read 101 books in 12 months. No guilt. Just read.In 2021, a Pew Research Center survey found that 77 percent of American...
Reflections: Comparing December 1932 to today
Reading or listening to the national news today can be discouraging and one wonders if we will once again enjoy more pleasant times.I was scanning a &...
Preacher’s Point: The temple, the Ukraine and 2022
“But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and ...
Reflections: A little humor to end the year
While going through some Searchlight newspapers published by Cardington High School I found in an issue published January 17, 1949, two columns titled...
Deer gun harvest up this year from past few
Ohio hunters harvested 70,413 deer during the 2021 deer gun week that concluded on Sunday, Dec. 5, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resourc...
Reflections: Christmas means music
I can never get enough Christmas music, whether it be sacred or pop — I can listen to Christmas music the entire year. This week I am looking ba...
