The taste of freedom
“Freedom has a taste to those who fight and nearly die for it, that the protected will never know.”Those words, etched into an American...
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...
36th annual Senior Citizens Art Show
It’s hard to believe it is already May. Our agency loves a lot of things about May, especially the observance of Older Americans Month...
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...
