• Rory Ryan 20 August 2013

    Abandoned property, corruption and high taxes

    The "rot and blight" that has caused considerable concern for Eugene Ludwick is uniquely situated approximately 200 yards from the Hillsboro Indians' football stadium to the south and an equal distance from a child-care center to the north. The Highland County Fairgrounds is a hop, skip and a long jump away, as well.
  • Rory Ryan 20 August 2013
    Abandoned property, corruption and high taxes
    The "rot and blight" that has caused considerable concern for Eugene Ludwick is uniquely situated approximately 200 yards from the Hillsboro Indians' football stadium to the south and an equal distance from a child-care center to the north. The Highland County Fairgrounds is a hop, skip and a long jump away, as well.
  • Rory Ryan 13 August 2013
    Why are local taxpayers being asked for $22,500 for Grow! Highland County?

    Highland, Clinton and Pike counties still average double-digit unemployment, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, which taxpayers pay to track such statistics. For all those politicians who campaigned on promises of "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs," they've been a little short on delivery.

  • Rory Ryan 12 August 2013
    Talking politics and swimming with sharks
    Some people have no problem swimming and surfing near blacktip sharks around the Bogue Inlet Pier. I am not one of these people.
  • Rory Ryan 12 August 2013
    Talking politics and swimming with sharks
    Some people have no problem swimming and surfing near blacktip sharks around the Bogue Inlet Pier. I am not one of these people.
  • Rory Ryan 31 July 2013
    Ted Cruz, Mike Turner in 1,200 days?
    Watching that discourse, I couldn't help but think that a Ted Cruz nomination would be another old battle-ax's worst nightmare. If there's one potential Republican nominee who scares HRC more than new investigations into her cattle futures profits or Vince Foster's death, it's most likely Ted Cruz.
  • Rory Ryan 29 July 2013
    Dr. Roy Kerr chronicles the life of Hoagland's Buck Ewing
    For a catcher, Ewing was a prolific base stealer. On several occasions, he swiped four bags in a game. While playing third base, he once stole six bases in a single game. He is the only catcher to lead his team in stolen bases for a season (53 in 1888).
  • Rory Ryan 29 July 2013
    Dr. Roy Kerr chronicles the life of Hoagland's Buck Ewing
    For a catcher, Ewing was a prolific base stealer. On several occasions, he swiped four bags in a game. While playing third base, he once stole six bases in a single game. He is the only catcher to lead his team in stolen bases for a season (53 in 1888).
  • Rory Ryan 26 July 2013
    A cavalcade of comedy and a few words of appreciation
    The other day (or maybe it was a few years ago, my memory isn't what it once was), two old men approached me and asked if Highland County was a good place to "settle down."
  • Rory Ryan 23 July 2013
    Government could use a few more mavericks
    The "go along to get along" syndrome is even more apparent when all members of a particular board are of the same political persuasion. (Some call it feeding at the same trough.) Every once in a while, though, a maverick comes along and bucks the system. Government – on all levels – could use a few more mavericks.
  • Rory Ryan 16 July 2013
    Moving forward for local history
    The fact of the matter is this: Because of people like Bob Hodson, there is a Highland County Historical Society. Simply put, without such people, the society would not exist.
  • Rory Ryan 12 July 2013
    Does anyone even care?

    From this non-member's perspective on the society's current brouhaha, I'm left wondering if this is something best settled on the schoolyard playground, or is it a clear case of "follow the money?" My experience – and my gut – tells me it is the latter.

  • Rory Ryan 8 July 2013
    A well-deserved tribute to one of Greenfield's finest
    Paul Orr, without question, is one of Highland County's finest citizens, to say nothing of what I like to affectionately call a "true character." The love and affection on display today for Ohio's oldest active court bailiff were evident.
  • Rory Ryan 2 July 2013
    Pecking away for the 2013 Celebrity Speed Typing Challenge
    As passionate as some of us are about the written word and the accuracy and fairness related thereto, Highland County is fortunate to have a sitting prosecutor who is similarly passionate about the scales of justice.
  • Rory Ryan 29 June 2013
    Just for historical purposes
    Like Forrest Gump, I'm not a smart man. I only know what I know. Other than in a congressional nomination to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point when I was 17 years old (thank you, Congressman Bill Harsha), I cannot think of any time in my life when anyone – even remotely – suggested that I possessed any measure of intelligence. That's OK, too. It is what it is.
  • Rory Ryan 25 June 2013
    Life is good
    When things look the darkest, it is natural for us to look the hardest for slivers of light. We find them, or they us, at strange and unexpected times, and they don't arrive with flashing lights and bugle fanfares. Sometimes, we have to watch and listen. – Jan Glidewell
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