ST. MARYS - Climbing a hill may be a simple task for most kids, but for one St. Marys sixth-grader it turned into a life or death situation.
Jenny Shellabarger on Dec. 7 had joined the rest of her class for a three-day field trip to Glen Helen Nature Preserve in Yellow Springs, a trip the school had been taking for 19 years. The class was scheduled to collect data for the weather station, visit a raptor sanctuary and take hikes. [More]
Out of 165 applications submitted by local farmers for federal conservation funds, 19 were approved for $1.9 million through the USDA Environmental Quality Incentives Program.
CELINA - Contrary to President Barack Obama's assertion, there is indeed a silver bullet for rising fuel prices - this country's robust, untapped natural resources, U.S. Congressman Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green, says.
