Wildflowers ready to greet hikers at Ouabache State Park

 By BARBARA BARBIERI Hike leader Neil Anslie, at right, was uncovering a small Purple Cress plant for Lori...

April is Autism Awareness Month. Here’s a story.

On 24 November 1969, the caseworker handed us our baby boy. He was so tiny — just...

Zanesville News: 04-04-2022

By the time you read this column, we most surely will be having warmer weather! Hopefully I...

Funny Things Kids Say: He has no stomach for science

Lincoln, 7, a student at Oak Farm School, was tasked with doing a Science Fair project. Lincoln...

When something makes no sense, call it what it is—madness

Schools reduced to piles of brick and cement; churches burned to the ground; apartment buildings with entire...

Funny Things Kids Say: Mixed up? Big sister knows best

Priscilla, 5, and Oliver, 3, were arguing in the car and finally Oliver said he was sad...

Friends of Ouabache history recalled at first 2022 Lunch & Learn

By BARBARA BARBIERI Kathy Schwartz, past president of the Friends of Ouabache State Park and chair of the...

An uncomfortable dining choice — and other topics

How on earth did lobsters become an expensive delicacy? They are, after all, garbage monsters of the...

Funny Things Kids Say: Bubbling over with smiles

Area resident Joyce Lomont Crowl wrote: “Been awhile since I wrote. The great-grandchildren continue to amaze us....

Tri Kappa week celebrated

Members of Bluffton’s Beta Phi chapter of Tri Kappa celebrated “Tri Kappa” week (Feb. 20-26) by collecting toys and games for...