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Here in southwest Ohio, it’s not hard to find small country towns that were thriving fifty years ago but are now struggling to survive.They’re all subject…
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Today, as part of our series called County Lines, we have an opinion piece. It comes from Steven Conn, the W.E. Smith Professor of History at Miami…
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It’s that time of year when Turkeys take center stage in the homes, and on the tables, of Americans across the country. On the second weekend of November…
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Many Ohioans are familiar with black squirrels thanks to the large population on the campus of Kent State University. They are the descendants of ten…
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On a farm in Greene County’s agricultural countryside, the shared vision of a pair of retired school teachers is changing back the landscape, by creating…
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During the early 1800s, wheat production made Ohio one of the leading grain-growing states in the U.S. As prairie land was settled and major wheat growing…
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In the late eighteen hundreds a group of six men were hired by Wheeling, West Virginia brothers Aaron and Samuel Bloch to advertise their tobacco product.…
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Looking out over the rolling farm fields from the front porch of his 94 acre farm in Gambier, located in Knox county, former Kenyon College professor and…
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When early settlers came to Ohio around two hundred years ago, they cleared the vast forests - they wanted open land - to build houses, to grow crops, and…
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When Europeans came to Ohio, one of the first crops they cultivated was hops; A small green flower that’s a main ingredients for brewing beer, which was a…
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Ice cream socials have been a summer staple for community gatherings and fundraisers since the invention of the creamy confection. The first ice cream…
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Dr. Ryan Kauffman is a family physician working in Logan County. He started out in a traditional medical practice, working between 100 and 120 hours a…