In 1925, John Scopes, a Dayton, Tenn., public school science teacher, thought evolution was a reality and that it should be discussed. However, he was arrested for not teaching the Bible’s creation. The result was the “Monkey Trial.” Scopes was found guilty and fined $100. In 1860, ...

One never knows what might be encountered on returning to a cabin on the Allegheny River or in the surrounding wild area after an absence of a full season or longer. One year, a limb had fallen from high in the linden tree that towers over the structure and punched a hole in its metal roof. A ...

I am writing this the evening of June 7. Today, the skies were choked with smoke from burning forests in Quebec and Ontario, forests not unlike our own. At times today, it was impossible to see a tree 300 yards away, let alone the hills above town. The great fires of Australia and California ...

By REP. KATHY RAPP We all want hospitals to have fully staffed nursing teams to ensure patients are receiving proper care. Nurses are the backbone for any well-run hospital. Canadian physician and founder of Johns Hopkins University Dr. William Osler once said, “the trained nurse has become ...

Editor’s note: This column was first published in July 2012. I have no idea what possessed me to clean out the junk drawer in the kitchen – maybe the frustrated search for a Rolaid at 2 a.m. Luckily, I found a partial roll within the jammed jumble of stuff. Re-examining the drawer in the ...

I have always liked observing nature. This week I have had a marvelous display. This morning as I walked down to get my newspaper out of its box the sun was a beautiful orange orb. It was unusual. The day evolved into one of those bright sunny days. I saw my first fawn about three days ago. ...