As the holiday season gets into full swing, the Ohio State Highway Patrol is stepping up its focus on keeping us safe. Throughout the holiday season, the patrol plans to be highly visible and is “committed to removing dangerous and impaired drivers, keeping Ohioans and our visitors ...

In a state where many political figures make a big show of how much they care about babies, some communities are walking the walk and providing an important option for desperate parents with nowhere else to turn. Last year, Lebanon, Ohio, installed a Safe Haven Baby Box at one of its fire ...

One of the most joyful tasks we have each year is with helping — and chronicling — the efforts of the Bishop Darrell Cummings as he works to improve life in our community on both sides of the Ohio River. The latest such example came Saturday when the Bishop, dozens of community members ...

During an age in which a universe of information is at most people’s fingertips, it is no surprise some are changing how they consume what they consider to be news. Pew Research Center analysts, with funding from the Knight Foundation, reported last week a study showing approximately 20% of ...

CHEERS to all the winners and others recognized at the Best of the Ohio Valley Readers’ Choice Awards, presented Wednesday evening. JEERS to the need for schools and first responders to conduct annual “active shooter drills” to help students, staff and emergency personnel prepare for an ...

Letter writers to The Columbus Dispatch were spot on earlier this week with a response to a neo-Nazi march in the Short North neighborhood of our state’s capital Nov. 16. City and state officials rightly jumped to denounce the tiny gathering of those so covered in clothing and masks it was ...