GREENWICH — After last week’s spectacular eclipse, a group of faith leaders held a press conference Sunday to address the Green Movement. Environmentalists, including religious leaders from the World Council of Churches, are saying the end of the world is imminent if people do not reduce their carbon footprint. Some
EAST PALESTINE — Concerns still exist about air and water impacted by the release of toxic chemicals during February Third’s derailment and controlled burn of a Norfolk Southern train in Columbiana County. Relief efforts in the region this past weekend saw North Central Ohio with boots on the ground. With
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — on February 3rd a Norfolk-Southern train with one hundred-fifty rail cars caught on fire and continued for twenty miles before crashing in the eastern Ohio community of East Palestine. Approximately twenty rail car tankers carrying hazardous chemicals were involved in the derailment. A “controlled release” led
ONTARIO — With boots on the ground, churches and ministries in East Palestine have become beacons of light providing hope and support to residents during the toxic train wreck disaster that occurred February 3rd. A mobilized faith community is serving as donation centers, food pantries, and even as railway assistance
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO–Values are colliding between the Silicon Valley and the Buckeye Bible Belt. A group of diverse stakeholders representing a multi-cultural faith community sent the Intel Corp. CEO a letter of concern. The letter by clergy from eighteen counties expressed their dismay over Intel’s corporate philosophy that directly conflict with their
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — The blood red moon early on election day was a foreshadowing of things to come in the Buckeye State as the GOP took key races on election night in the House, Senate, and Supreme Court. With all three conservative justices winning their respective races, the State
MANSFIELD — A lunar eclipse will turn the moon a blood-red color in North America on Tuesday, November 8th between 5:16-6:41 AM EDT. For the first time in recorded history, a lunar eclipse is set to occur on Election Day before Ohioans go to the polls. Total lunar eclipses, commonly
MANSFIELD — The faith community in the Buckeye Bible Belt has been a model for other communities around the world. As religious freedoms are being completely cancelled, one lesson North Central Ohio churches are demonstrating during precarious times is: “Do not stop.” Historically the region has been a light for
MAYFIELD,KY — Thru thick and thru thin, there have always been close knit ties between Ohioans and Kentuckians. In a rare December tornado outbreak, at least eighty-eight persons are feared dead in what Kentucky officials are calling the most devastating storm in the Commonwealth’s history. According to National Weather Service
April 22nd is Earth Day and it’s a special Earth Day this year, and not just because it’s falling in the middle of a global pandemic! It’s special because this year marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of Earth Day. It began on April 22, 1970, with mass protests
The overreaction to the Coronavirus ( COVID-19) has driven our own government to virtually shut down the entire country along with its economy. While we must be diligent to do what we can, by washing our hands, not going to work when we’re sick, and taking special precautions for senior
RICHLAND COUNTY — The late summer found many local believers testing the waters with their congregations. While a common spiritual ritual for generations, many have found that baptism has not watered down their faith one bit. “My grandfather was baptized in Brubaker Creek during the 1950s,” says Pastor Hank Webb
MOUNT GILEAD –Experts are puzzled and anglers are ecstatic as Lake Erie is teeming with walleye. Last year Lake Erie fisheries reported an astounding two million walleye that were caught; nearly five times the harvest in 2011. One Mount Gilead pastor sees the explosion of walleye as answered prayer and
MANSFIELD — Like two peas in a pod, one market manager and her husband coordinate a farmer’s market at their church to support local farmers and provide healthy food alternatives to the public. For eight years, Steve and Cindy Shasky have run the Holy Trinity Farmer’s Market at 525 West
GANGES — While strawberry season runs between May 20th thru June 25th, on Friday the Ganges Community Church served as the hub for Ganges and surrounding areas. “People come from Shelby, Mansfield, Plymouth, Shiloh, Olivesburg, and Shenandoah come for the one day event,” says Reverend Jim Marshall, whose church is
SHELBY — A school principal, a youth pastor, and a mayor all say miraculous intervention kept the community from catastrophic destruction during an April 14th Palm Sunday tornado. “I count it a blessing that there were no lives taken by the storm,” says Shelby Mayor Steve Schag. “If the storm
CRESTLINE — Local beekeepers are reporting that bee hives are in healthy condition at the onset of spring blooming season despite record cold in late January. According to Crestline beekeeper Dave Duncan, owner of BeeOlogy, “Last fall there were good golden rod food sources and the bees were well nourished
MANSFIELD — After critics of a new landscaping plan held a vigil April 5th on the courthouse lawn eulogizing dead trees, supporters of the outdoor facelift believe the green movement group is “barking up the wrong tree.” One Pro-Life activist says he has never seen any of the participants depicted
