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Strategic approach used for collecting tax delinquencies

Over the past eighteen months, the pandemic has brought many challenges. For some, one of these challenges is the ability to pay bills. One of the county prosecutor’s many duties is representation of the county treasurer in the collection of delinquent real estate and manufactured home taxes. This is not a duty that our office takes lightly, as schools and other political subdivisions within our county rely heavily on revenue derived from real estate and manufactured home taxes. Recently, our office has coordinated with the county treasurer to adopt a strategic approach to dealing ...

Pumpkin, our new barn cat

Even with one deaf ear I could hear a faint “meow” being repeated. And though I have zero echolocation, I was pretty sure it was coming from somewhere on the ground floor of the barn, not far from where I was working in my temporary makeshift workshop. The reason my workshop is down under the barn, on the dirt floor where Grandad’s contented Guernsey cows used to shelter, is that we cleaned everything out of the upper floor, including my tools, ladders and such, so it could host the wedding reception for our suddenly unconfirmed bachelor son Worshrag and the darling girl who ...

What do you know about domestic violence?

Until you and your children are secreted away to safety in the middle of the night with nothing but the clothes on your back, the issue of domestic violence may not bring you face-to-face with the realities: the fear, the trauma that follows victims throughout their lifetime, or until they work their way through it all. If you have never experienced domestic violence, you are fortunate because one in four women and one in nine men experience severe intimate partner physical violence, according to national statistics that are shared by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence ...

ARC supports South Carolina Upstate’s Continued Prosperity

As our states grow and prosper, new initiatives often overshadow successful ones commenced long ago. One of these is the Appalachian Regional Commission. In South Carolina, the northwestern counties of Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Pickens, Oconee, and Spartanburg are within the ...

Republicans ignore fairness with map

It was obvious Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman and House Speaker Bob Cupp, both Lima Republicans, were driving the Ohio Redistricting Commission’s plan to ignore a vote-approved constitutional amendment to draw fair state legislative districts. They seemed content to forego bipartisan support on 10-year maps. Instead they drew four-year legislative maps that don’t reflect voting trends in Ohio, which was a major item the commission was supposed to consider. Despite the concerns expressed by the three other Republicans on the seven-member board — Gov. Mike DeWine, Secretary of ...

Dick Wolf: A Life of Principle, Service, Love

“Jack, we lost a good one Sunday.” “Did we?” “Yeah. Dick Wolf.” Two men were talking over morning coffee around the counter at the L&B Donut Shop last Tuesday. “He pissed off a lot of people,” a man at a nearby table offered. “But he probably helped double that number,” said another. The men didn’t know their conversation was overheard by Wolf’s son Rick Hoschar. Rick, who lives in Williamsport, Pa., had been drawn to the L&B, an East Liverpool, Ohio, institution, for coffee and a bit of solace that morning. It was two days after Dick passed away on ...