Opinion

Dann should step down, because I need a haircut There are at least five good reasons why Attorney General Marc Dann should resign. First and foremost: I really, really need a haircut. And I mean really. My sideburns have reached wing-like proportions,...  Read Story.

Carroll County has rural charm With gasoline prices nearing $4 a gallon, I've been apprehensive about continuing -- in 2008 -- the road trips I started last year and have shared with readers. During cold weather months, I waited for warmer weather so I...  Read Story.

Wanting to 'be like Mike' beats being called 'Peter' Front Row Seat by Editor Mike Lesko Mothers can be pretty remarkable people. As children, they clean our clothes, prepare our meals, wash our dirty hands -- and sometimes even let us change our names. ...  Read Story.

$952 billion in credit card debt and growing Did you get your rebate check yet? Thinking about buying that new flat-screen television? Or a trough full of music, movies and video games? Perhaps some gaudy threads? Before you do, consider this, from...  Read Story.

Nostalgic rails trip to Pittsburgh lot of fun Ask anyone around the Record Publishing Co. offices what was on my mind constantly prior to April 26 and they all would know the answer. Train trip to Pittsburgh. Back in 1985, I rode an Orrville Railroad...  Read Story.

Robinson Medical Center should be win-win proposition The start of the construction of the new 75,000-square-foot Robinson Health Center in Streetsboro got under way April 24 with groundbreaking, and it marks a nice step forward for the community and...  Read Story.

A little fun with public records at attorney general's expense The great clearinghouse of "the people's records" that is Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann's office recently released upward of 2,000 e-mail messages between the Democratic office-holder and...  Read Story.

National parks are worth noting Call me cynical, but Earth Day and Arbor Day celebrations have become a bit passé. From what I've seen, these celebrations are events where garden clubs, Scouts and elementary school kids come together and learn about...  Read Story.

Eleven bills and lots of drama at Statehouse Talk about a whirlwind week. April 14 to 18 started with Democrats walking out of a past-midnight committee meeting in protest over the long-debated energy bill and ended with further haggling among House...  Read Story.

Think of Earth Day every day The idea that a relationship existed between human progress and environmental degradation was seriously pondered in 1962 by then-Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. Nelson approached President John F. Kennedy and persuaded...  Read Story.

Guest Column: This Mother's Day, sign Mom up People all over the country are helping their moms save as much as $3,600 per year on the cost of prescription drugs. You can too! We all know the high cost of medicine can be a burden on mothers who have...  Read Story.

Streetsboro -- There's fortunately a huge difference between what fifth- and sixth-grade journalists do and what I and Reporter Miles Jung-Kilbreath do each week. Yet, I was reminded April 3 how similar...  Read Story.

Through this column, the members of Streetsboro's Recreation and Preservation Committee will be sharing information about "green" subjects, including fun, easy ways to incorporate them into daily living,...  Read Story.

Local artist drinks up acting spot If someone had asked me a few weeks ago to guess the actress cast opposite Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James in his newest commercial, I probably would have come up with names like Halle Berry or Charlize Theron. I...  Read Story.

Debate over Great Lakes Compact continuing It's not as ugly as some of the water rights fights out west, but the sides facing off over Ohio's passage of the Great Lakes Compact don't appear to be getting any friendlier. The issue, complete with...  Read Story.

In old days, death was common in area mines <FEFF>Few people can argue the fact that underground coal mining is dangerous. Although safety measures have improved in recent decades, accidents and deaths continue to occur. The last disaster which was in...  Read Story.

Dispatching a noble 'calling' in law enforcement Someone once asked me if I thought that answering telephones for a living was a profession. I said I thought it was "a calling." And so is dispatching. I have found during my law enforcement career that...  Read Story.

Two months to deal with Statehouse issues Lawmakers are getting back to business, returning to the Statehouse after a two-week spring break, and they have about two months to deal with matters at hand before leaving town for the summer. They've shown...  Read Story.

Railway offers a pleasant journey I'm sure more than a few Aurorans have ridden the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad since regular passenger excursions began in 1988. They might have ridden it when excursions began in the mid-70s, or, if they're old...  Read Story.

Ohio weather can drive a person crazy On the Mark by Dorothy Markulis Reporter Ah, Ohio. You've got to be a masochist to live here. My husband and I must be nuts; we planned a month-long vacation in Florida for February and after three weeks we got...  Read Story.