Changes, Championships, and Facial Hair

Thoughts and observations on a beautiful fall weekend—  Will there be any of the usual fall colors in the next few weeks, or will the...

America’s Sweetheart and The Happy Warrior

Mary Pickford was a pioneer in the American film industry and was one of the most recognizable women in the world at the height...

Playoffs, Big Games, and “We the People”

How about the Reds and the Guardians both making the MLB playoffs!! Two teams that were pretty much dead in the water as far...

Freddie, Frieda, Pudge, and Some Oh My!! 

Thought we’d start today’s award-winner with some college mascot news! Bowling Green  State University, the alma mater of good friends Dave Trimble and Kyle...

Observations and a Darke County road quiz

Observations after another late summer/early autumn week, weather wise— After week four of the high school football season, it’s starting to become evident who...

Tragedies and Triumphs

It was a sad and tragic two days for the Greenville City Schools and the Greenville community as a whole, Thursday and Friday. To...

A Hot Seat, High School Sports, and Arch Madness?

The traditional end of summer has arrived with Labor Day weekend. The start of college football, schools are in full session, the air is...

Remember (THE) Maine and Bah-Ha-Bah

This week’s column is a little late, as the Warners were on the road in the northeasternmost state of the good old USA, the...

Fall Sports and the NCAA strikes again

We hosted good friends from Athens, Georgia, and Hudson, Ohio, over the weekend as they returned to West Central Ohio for The Great Darke...

The Fair, a Long Boot, and Little League

It’s that time of the year here in Darke County, as the annual ritual since 1853, known as the Great Darke County Fair, once...