Month: March 2024

In cannabis debate, Clear Fork School Board and citizens say: ‘Not in our backyard’ (SLIDESHOW)

BUTLER — This week the Village of Butler was center stage over the marijuana debate in Clear Fork Valley. The local school board met at the elementary school to address the issue. And the Bellville Mayor, swallowing her pride, scheduled a public forum at nearby Butler Village Hall to discuss

4 local townships prohibit commercial weed: “With outlaw industry, our community will go downhill” (VIDEO)

NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — Malabar Farm State Park, located in Monroe Township, is the former residence of American writer Louis Bromfield. The famous conservationist is credited with promoting the use of multiflora rose as a natural fence for wildlife. When the hardy and thorny rose took over country sides, critics

Pastor James Spencer goes home to be with the LORD: “He was a firebrand…”

MANSFIELD — James Morris Spencer, a devout Pastor, faithful husband, and loving father, transitioned from this earthly life to his eternal home in Heaven with his Lord and Savior on February 29th, 2024. Surrounded by his family at his home in Butler, Ohio, the fifty-one year old’s passing marked a significant