After years of lawsuits, court proceedings and, finally, asking for the federal government to intercede, Old Order Amish families in Sugar Grove Township can use their privies. It seems like a trivial matter to many of us. Who would rather go outside on some of our frigid days to use the ...
Three times in a week police filed pretty disturbing child sex charges against county residents. Obviously, those who have been charged are innocent until proven guilty in court. But one thing that was evident from the affidavits of probable cause in all three cases was the importance of the ...
Taking sides Dear Editor, I am writing to you all in hope it is not another meaningless dead end go nowhere commentary on the endless political division in our country. Here it is: We have both sides of the aisle in government at local, state, and national levels. We have division in ...
I wish to speak about democracy in our region. What is the problem? We have lost it. It used to be that the majority ruled but that is not the case anymore. We now have two instances of this loss. One is the school system. Those in charge rule regardless of what the majority wants. ...
ByteDance, a Chinese firm that the federal government says is essentially a front for the Chinese government, owns the popular social media platform TikTok, which is used by an estimated 170 million Americans. That’s a national security threat, says Congress, which last year passed a law ...
When I was cleaning out one of my drawers, I came across this little folder. Of course, I took time to see what it was. It said it was favorite quotes from “Good Old Days” books. There were quotes from many noted people. One, interested me. It was from Robert Frost. It said, “In three ...