Talking Points
Newport family push beyond stigma
How three small-town women are thriving despite family’s history with drug abuse By Kelsie Rinard The Dunn family has overcome more adversity than most. Despite drug abuse and incarceration surrounding their family members for years, the family’s three core women continue to lead extraordinary lives regardless of small-town stigmas. […]
Rural community seeks end to homelessness
Jackson County residents came together in October for a fundraiser supporting efforts against homelessness by Olivia Bower Jackson County approaches homelessness in a different way by acknowledging the problem and working to solve it, as evidenced by an Oct. 1 fundraiser.The idea for the fundraiser, the first ever […]
Perry County lacks fast, affordable high-speed Internet
Internet in Perry county is disappointingly slow and expensive compared to the rest of the Ohio. Lynn Warner just wants faster Internet. At her home in Noble County, the Caldwell Public Library librarian subscribes to Frontier Communications Corporation’s Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) — a souped-up version […]
Businesses on Buckeye Lake struggling financially after state-imposed low water level
Businesses surrounding Buckeye Lake suffering because of state sanctioned low water levels. Chris Alexander has spent his entire 60 years living and working on Buckeye Lake, which straddles the Licking, Fairfield and Perry County borders. Alexander—owner of the marina Alexander’s Landing—says the restaurants, bars and marinas […]