• Rory Ryan 25 May 2016

    The world needs one more lawyer

    As Shakespeare once said – or maybe it was Tom Tepe – the world needs more lawyers.
  • Rory Ryan 14 March 2016
    UPDATED: A generation apart, many connections from 1993 Mustangs to 2016 Final Four Lynchburg-Clay team

    It was bound to happen. And we should be glad. It’s a good thing. It’s also a Lynchburg thing. And a Clay Township thing. “It” refers to the inevitable discussions that began Saturday evening after Coach Matt Carson’s Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs captured the second boys basketball regional championship in school history.

  • Rory Ryan 14 March 2016
    UPDATED: A generation apart, many connections from 1993 Mustangs to 2016 Final Four Lynchburg-Clay team

    It was bound to happen. And we should be glad. It’s a good thing. It’s also a Lynchburg thing. And a Clay Township thing. “It” refers to the inevitable discussions that began Saturday evening after Coach Matt Carson’s Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs captured the second boys basketball regional championship in school history.

  • Rory Ryan 14 March 2016
    UPDATED: A generation apart, many connections from 1993 Mustangs to 2016 Final Four Lynchburg-Clay team

    It was bound to happen. And we should be glad. It’s a good thing. It’s also a Lynchburg thing. And a Clay Township thing. “It” refers to the inevitable discussions that began Saturday evening after Coach Matt Carson’s Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs captured the second boys basketball regional championship in school history.

  • Rory Ryan 13 January 2016
    Now we know: It's time for City Council to address the two-year secrecy of $78,168.64
    In fact, the only person worthy of any admiration whatsoever in Hillsboro city government is the mayor. At least this local version of an insignificant Trump-ette accomplishes what he seeks to accomplish. It’s more than can be said for the council president and his council minions.
  • Rory Ryan 20 December 2015
    Major step to improve integrity in Hillsboro city government?
    “’A nation of laws’ means that laws, not people, rule. Everyone is to be governed by the same laws, regardless of their station; whether it is the most common American or members of Congress, high-ranking bureaucrats or the president of the United States; all must be held to the just laws of America. No one is, or can be allowed to be, above the law.” – James Shott
  • Rory Ryan 20 December 2015
    Major step to improve integrity in Hillsboro city government?
    “’A nation of laws’ means that laws, not people, rule. Everyone is to be governed by the same laws, regardless of their station; whether it is the most common American or members of Congress, high-ranking bureaucrats or the president of the United States; all must be held to the just laws of America. No one is, or can be allowed to be, above the law.” – James Shott
  • Rory Ryan 20 December 2015
    Major step to improve integrity in Hillsboro city government?
    “’A nation of laws’ means that laws, not people, rule. Everyone is to be governed by the same laws, regardless of their station; whether it is the most common American or members of Congress, high-ranking bureaucrats or the president of the United States; all must be held to the just laws of America. No one is, or can be allowed to be, above the law.” – James Shott
  • Rory Ryan 23 November 2015
    Ohio: If you can't find it here...
    Voters do not want to hear about sound policy and tough decisions. No, they want promises (however empty) and amusement (however unfulfilled). Who better to satisfy these simpleton wants than Trump and Sanders? In fact, if they’d team up, a Trump/Sanders ticket could carry the day on Nov. 8, 2016.
  • Rory Ryan 5 November 2015
    Honoring families of fallen heroes
    Mr. Williams is a retired United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. He is the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor from that battle. And he was once rejected for military service for being too short.
  • Rory Ryan 18 August 2015
    Godspeed, Jerry Pruitt (1936-2015)
    Thanks, Jerry. We will miss you. But we will also take comfort in knowing that you are writing history in a much better place. Your friends and family also must take comfort in knowing just how many of our readers have loved your columns. To be continued, I hope.
  • Rory Ryan 18 August 2015
    Godspeed, Jerry Pruitt (1936-2015)
    Thanks, Jerry. We will miss you. But we will also take comfort in knowing that you are writing history in a much better place. Your friends and family also must take comfort in knowing just how many of our readers have loved your columns. To be continued, I hope.
  • Rory Ryan 30 May 2015
    Ink in my veins, Part 5
    Prior to the start of the 1992 football season, I predicted in my newspaper column that Jim Horne’s Indians would finish the regular season at 9-1. Two people immediately challenged that prediction: Coach Horne, who thought I was putting unnecessary pressure on his team; and longtime youth sports coach Lonnie Burns, who stopped by my desk and made his own prediction. “Hillsboro will go 10-0,” Lonnie said. He was right.
  • Rory Ryan 30 May 2015
    Ink in my veins, Part 5
    Prior to the start of the 1992 football season, I predicted in my newspaper column that Jim Horne’s Indians would finish the regular season at 9-1. Two people immediately challenged that prediction: Coach Horne, who thought I was putting unnecessary pressure on his team; and longtime youth sports coach Lonnie Burns, who stopped by my desk and made his own prediction. “Hillsboro will go 10-0,” Lonnie said. He was right.
  • Rory Ryan 30 May 2015
    Ink in my veins, Part 5
    Prior to the start of the 1992 football season, I predicted in my newspaper column that Jim Horne’s Indians would finish the regular season at 9-1. Two people immediately challenged that prediction: Coach Horne, who thought I was putting unnecessary pressure on his team; and longtime youth sports coach Lonnie Burns, who stopped by my desk and made his own prediction. “Hillsboro will go 10-0,” Lonnie said. He was right.
  • Rory Ryan 25 May 2015
    Ink in my veins, Part IV
    We were all excited over the 1993 Mustangs. They were not only Lynchburg's team and Clay Township's team, but they were Highland County's team and the Southern Hills League team. Through hard work, great talent, solid coaching and overall teamwork, the 1992-93 Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs demonstrated what a small school in a small conference could accomplish in Ohio High School Athletics.
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