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Finding Ohio’s lost children

Editorials

Government work groups and task forces don’t always come up with effective solutions (ask the Ohio Redistricting Commission), but the Ohio Missing Persons Working Group appears to have come up with some solid ideas to improve missing persons investigations in the state. In fact, according to a report by the Dayton Daily News, Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Public Safety Director Andy Wilson announced 18 areas of improvement in matters such as communication between law enforcement and family members, sharing of information among law enforcement agencies, training and ...

Driving practice makes perfect

Editorials

As has always been the case, young drivers need not just lots of practice, but lots of guidance from experienced drivers (parents and guardians) before they get their driver’s licenses and hit the road on their own. One would think that would go without saying, but Ohio officials are worried enough about a growing trend that Gov. Mike DeWine has announced a new media campaign to encourage parents to spend quality time helping their teen drivers learn safe driving skills. State law requires teens to complete 50 hours of driving practice with a parent or guardian before receiving ...

National Cancer Survivor Day

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Today, Sunday, June 1st, has been declared National Cancer Survivor Day. Today is a day to recognize and honor cancer survivors. Today is a day to celebrate life! To celebrate National Cancer Survivor Day, Trinity Health System and Tony Teramana Cancer Center will be hosting "Savor the Sweet Life" event on Thursday, June 5th, from 10am to to 2pm. This event will be in the parking lot across from the cancer center. On Saturday, June 7th, the Brooke Hancock chapter of the American Cancer Society will be celebrating life with a Relay For Life event. The Relay for ...

MAGA is doing Christianity wrong

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: JD Vance recently visited Rome. Initially, his hopes for a papal audience were rebuffed, but then-Pope Francis apparently acquiesced so he could expend a few of his precious remaining moments telling Vance to be a better Catholic. With his literal dying breaths, Francis wrote an encyclical officially informing American bishops to fight for migrants’ and prisoners’ rights, calling the Trump administration’s immigration policies a “major crisis.” Then, as if to drive home the point that this wasn’t a one-off, after the pontiff’s passing, the College of ...

Ohio getting too restrictive?

Editorials

Sometimes legislative proposals sound great on the surface — after all, the people who come up with names such as the “Ohio Property Protection Act” are hoping to persuade others to vote for it. But a deeper dive brings up serious questions. Ohio House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 88 are similar versions of the Ohio Property Protection Act, which would “modify the law that prohibits certain governments, businesses and individuals from acquiring certain real property.” Among the stated goals of the bills are to prohibit foreign adversaries from being able to own land within 25 ...

Somehow I forgot to mention my Mother’s Day

Local Columns

So, I failed to mention that on Mother’s Day, my children once again remembered me. And I didn’t even have to tell them what day of the year Mother’s Day fell on. Somehow they just knew. For that, I am thankful. For them, I am thankful. My oldest son, Dylan, shipped me a box of Starbucks coffee, just as he does on my birthday and for other occasions. He knows it is my favorite and something I can’t always afford to buy myself. I appreciate his thoughtfulness. He truly is a special man. My second child, Caleb, who is the father of my grandson, little Layne, gave ...