Tag: Steve McKinley

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

66 Clergy on proposed Bellville marijuana dispensary: ‘It will steal, kill & destroy’

BELLVILLE — With the passage of State Issue 2, the Marijuana Industry in Ohio is expanding into localities, and in some cases, disguised in camouflage. At the admonition of local faith leaders, Bellville Village Council voted 5-1 Tuesday night for a moratorium prohibiting marijuana businesses from coming into the village.

155 Ohio clergymen stand with Israel & condemn Hamas: “Oct. 7th attack act of genocide” (VIDEO)(SLIDESHOW)

ONTARIO –The world became a darker place October 7th, 2023.  “The Black Sabbath Massacre” became the biggest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Gazan Jihadists slaughtered over fourteen hundred Israelis, and abducted another two hundred-forty. In one of the most pressure-packed periods in the history of the globe, Ohio

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

City officials meet with faith community to discuss challenges on the horizon (SLIDESHOW)

MANSFIELD — At a recent clergy luncheon at the Mayor’s office, city officials did not mince words: they have a lot on their plate. With an Opiate Crisis not going away and the recruitment of new police officers at its lowest level in years, sirens in most communities would be

Richland County observes 2021 National Day of Prayer (SLIDESHOW) (VIDEO)

RICHLAND COUNTY — While the U.S. Capital hosted no National Day of Prayer (NDOP) observance this year, and while the White House left the word “God” out of its NDOP proclamation, on May 6th there was plenty of acknowledgement of the Almighty to go around in the Buckeye Bible Belt.