Local Stories


  • Vehicles driving through a roundabout
    Bertovich notes that the approaches to the new Ottawa County roundabouts — at an exit ramp from Ohio Route 2/53 and an adjacent one at the intersec
  • An overhead view of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1988 during the largest-ever mass balloon release
    They ultimately decided on a balloon release. But not just any balloon release; they wanted an event on a grand scale.
  • Archie Griffin with his Heisman Trophy
    John W. Heisman himself, the renowned innovator and Hall of Fame coach — the award’s namesake — was born in Cleveland in 1859.

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  • An overhead shot of tractors in a farm field surrounded by people
    by Craig Grooms
    Farming has long been the backbone of Ohio’s economy. Even if you don’t farm today, you likely have friends or family who do, or ancestors who once did. 
  • A group of people at an electric substation ribbon cutting
    by Amy Howat
    Kelly knew that personnel from his co-op, Marietta-based Washington Electric Cooperative, were doing everything they could to provide reliable power for him and all of his neighbors in that area of Monroe County.
  • A group of lineworkers raising a nesting pole for a family of ospreys
    by Mia Taylor
    It was the end of May, the time of year when ospreys return to Ohio from their winter home in Mexico, and a breeding pair had decided that one of the utility poles in the training yard next to the co-op’s office was a good spot to build a nest.

Feature Stories

  • The original Ford Mustang during its debut.
    by Margie Wuebker
    In truth, Halderman never envisioned a full-blown museum on the family farm near Tipp City where
  • An overhead view of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1988 during the largest-ever mass balloon release
    by W.H. Chip Gross
    They ultimately decided on a balloon release.
  • Vehicles driving through a roundabout
    by James Proffitt
    Bertovich notes that the approaches to the new Ottawa County roundabouts — at an exit ramp from O

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