Arson blamed for more Holmes County barn fires
Two more 100-year-old barns have been burned in the rash of barn fires that have plauged Wayne and Holmes County.
MetroParks surplus equipment auction draws big truck buyers
A surplus equipment auction for Cleveland MetroParks Sept. 29 by Joe Mescan, auctioneer, put 226 items that went on the auction block. High selling items were the trucks, tractors and equipment.
Deerfield Farms leases Kinsman facility
Deerfield Farms Service has taken over operations at Rainbow's End grain elevator and storage facility in Kinsman. The lease agreement went into effect in early October.
Museum lecture explains use of passenger lists
The Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center is offering an Oct. 20 class on "Finding Your Ancestor's Passenger List."
Farmer invests lifetime in trees
Russell Garber's commitment to caring for his trees started over half a century ago when he bought property in Green Township.he knew had "a good young woods."
National Pork Board selects new CEO
Steven D. Murphy of Des Moines, Iowa, assumes the new position to manage the National Pork Board staff, which operates checkoff-funded programs on behalf of America's pork producers.
Businessmen, turned farmers, dream big in Flushing
Warren Garretson, 62, and his partner Jim Wagner, 55, have given up their fast-paced New Jersey lifestyles and are creating an outdoorsman's paradise on 2,000 acres of reclaimed mine land in the hills of Belmont County.
‘One person can make a difference’
Following is an excerpt from Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge's farewell address to the state general assembly Oct. 2, as he leaves to accept leadership of the new Office of Homeland Security.
USDA research area: More than fuel in ethanol process
The cost of fuel ethanol has become a "crop" problem for USDA's Agricultural Research Service, which has a Corn-Ethanol Process Cost Reduction project that has been going on since 1997 at the research service's Eastern Regional Research Center in Wyndmoor, Pa.
Stryffeler receives the World Beef Expo’s Paul May Award
Sally Stryffeler, who raises Pietmontese cattle in Medina County, has been named this year's recipient of the Paul May Award for her contributions to the World Beef Expo.
