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Diabetes Awareness Month is observed in November

With each month comes a new designated awareness, as advocates seize the opportunity to inform people in new and creative ways. Though it can be hard to keep track, the tactic is a good one. If, for example, there is an uptick in those seeking the various means of screening for cancers after October, the effort is well worth it. Important, too — particularly for area residents — is November’s Diabetes Awareness Month. According to the American Diabetes Association, 12.6% of Ohioans are diabetic. But those are just the patients who are aware of their condition. The U.S. Centers ...

ODOT preps for what’s to come with wintertime

We’ve been spoiled with beautiful fall weather lately, and for most of us, the thought of travel-altering snow and ice still seems far away. Luckily for us, the folks at the Ohio Department of Transportation are preparing now for what we may eventually face. Inspections are underway throughout ODOT’s 12 districts covering the entire state. That includes our area. District 11 is headquartered in New Philadelphia and includes the counties of Columbiana, Carroll, Jefferson, Harrison, Belmont, Tuscarawas and Holmes. Mechanics and drivers are checking trucks and plows. Statewide, ODOT ...

Manchin’s is right: There should be only one side

I volunteered to get out before you all threw me out,” U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., said during a stop in Parkersburg Wednesday. Surely he knows how very much his work on our behalf has meant to Mountain State residents over the years, and that his determination to focus on that work — rather than the political theater and noise — has been deeply appreciated. It is likely Manchin would have been given the opportunity to leave on his own terms whenever he chose. But with the close of this chapter in his career comes the chance to speak freely about the state of politics in ...

County prosecutor rips AG Yost’s voting indictments

Ohio voters were not the only ones to raise an eyebrow at an announcement by state Attorney General Dave Yost earlier this week. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley had a thing or two to say about it as well. It turns out, one of the six green card holders indicted for allegedly voting illegally — Ramesh Patel, 68, previously of North Royalton, Ohio — has been dead for two years. The last time Yost’s office was accusing Patel of having voted illegally was in 2018. Despite Yost’s attention-getting effort, according to WOIO-TV, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s office ...

Watch for attention-grabbing attempts by Ohio politicians

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced on Tuesday the indictment of six individuals living in Ohio for alleged illegal voting … in elections dating as far back as 2008. Ramesh Patel, 68, of North Royalton, was indicted in Cuyahoga County on one count of illegal voting for allegedly voting in 2014, 2016 and 2018 while lacking U.S. citizenship. Lorinda Miller, 78, of Hudson, was indicted in Summit County on two counts of illegal voting for allegedly voting in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 while lacking U.S. citizenship. Nicholas Fontaine, 32, of Kent, was indicted in Portage County on ...

Please heed National School Bus Safety Week

Local drivers are, for the most part, back in the habit of obeying safety laws regarding school buses on the roads. But during this National School Bus Safety Week, it is important to remind ourselves not only of the rules but why they are so necessary. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the danger is not just for those still riding on a bus. Between 2013 and 2022 there were 1.5 times more fatalities among pedestrians than occupants of buses — 169 people were killed. During that time 111 school-aged children died in ...