Tag: Mark Meyer

Ashland & Lexington exercise local control, both ban recreational marijuana (VIDEO)

NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — This year the pothole season came early for many communities as they deal with the aftermath of the November elections. Despite drug overdoses being the leading cause of injury death in Ohio since 2007, Ohioans voted to legalize marijuana for ‘recreational purposes.’ Last year over one

Believers take the streets in Mansfield for National Day of Prayer (SLIDESHOW)

MANSFIELD — There were no cases of ‘road rage’ in downtown Mansfield early Thursday evening. Local congregations are circling their wagons and coming together to pray for the welfare of their nation; while they still have one. Believing that GOD is not asleep at the wheel, the faithful are convinced

2022 National Day of Prayer continues heritage in ‘City of Churches’ (SLIDESHOW) (VIDEO)

MANSFIELD — The National Day of Prayer (NDOP) has played a historic part of America’s legacy. On May 5th, citizens across the country gathered for prayer and repentance. Prior to the pandemic, there have been nearly sixty thousand local NDOP events held coast to coast. This year local residents and

Group of 74 evangelical leaders call for porn to be classified as health crisis

MANSFIELD — This past June the U.S. State Department identified nearly twenty-five million people entrapped in the modern-day slavery of human trafficking. In response to the crisis, fifteen states have officially declared pornography an epidemic and public health crisis. If local clergy have their way, Ohio may be the next

Local National Day of Prayer observances will be online and running (VIDEO)

NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — The National Day of Prayer (NDOP) is this Thursday, May 7th and several area observances will be taking place that day using unorthodox methods. Due to COVID-19 related concerns, several area observances will be taking place both live and virtually. The Galion Area Ministerial Association (GAMA)