Opinion

How do real teachers do it?
Like many parents around Ohio, my wife and I have been teachers the last couple weeks as our fourth grader and our kindergartner are participating in ...

Hello Emmy Sue, goodbye heart
Psalm 127:3 “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.”Dear Emily:This has been quite the weekend! Sa...

Devotional: Asking God
“So, I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks rece...

Devotional: Lightening the burden
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble i...
Challenges in life
“Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered forever.” (Psalm 112:6)Life can throw us all for a loop every now and ...

Fran’s Favorites: Lemon Blueberry Bread & Cheese Nibblers
We have a lot of visitors here at the Governor’s Residence. From business meetings, breakfast meetings to lunch meetings — guests, workers...
Letter to the Editor
Say no to levyEditor:Once again the Beavercreek City School District officials are not asking, but threatening its residents if a “substitute em...
Letters to the Editor
Say yes to GMHEditor:I have just recently finished having physical therapy at Greene Memorial Hospita. The therapists and their assistants were very n...
Letters to the editor
Niemeyer for state repEditor:This summer I have had the great experience of interning on Barb Niemeyer’s campaign for state representative. Barb...
Letter to the Editor
Piglet rescue a community effortEditor:On June 8 in Xenia a semi-trailer went over a steep embankment and flipped on its side on US 35, taking 2,200 p...