Two sheriffs served together
We don’t see each other very often anymore. He lives in rural Highland County surrounded by thick woods and wild game that knows to...
New uptown green space is good, the process was not
I have no doubt the changes being made on Governor Trimble (and probably Governor Foraker in regard to traffic flow) to create a new...
Seemed like a good idea at the time
There comes a time in life when you realize that you are not as proficient at some things as you once were. When that...
The Carroll County accident
My wife Brenda and I had planned to attend the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on her birthday on Saturday, May 14, 1988, but...
Wilkin-Ellis: Direct mail, negative campaigning, and Mr. Wilkin goes to Columbus
As much as Shane Wilkin and Beth Ellis probably felt like they personally knew a lot of voters in their respective counties of Highland...
Happy Mother’s Day, my ladies
It has been said that behind every good man there is a good woman. I do not know if I qualify as one of...
Rest in Peace Chief White
Thomas “Tommy” White of Blanchester was first and foremost a policeman.Tommy began his career in law enforcement with the City of Wilmington as a...
A dog and his truck
In the years I was growing up we almost always had a pickup truck. Other than the time I ran out of gas in...
Faraway trains tell many stories
Robert Louis Stevenson reminds us in his poem, “From a Railroad Carriage,” of the beauty and adventure found in trains.“All through the meadows the...
Finally, a documentary on Elvis worthy of its subject
“Elvis Presley: The Searcher,” showing now on HBO, is a new two-part, three-hour documentary directed by Thom Zimny that stands apart because it focuses...
