History

The word ballot comes from the Italian word for ball, which is how we used to pick our leaders. We’d drop a ball or bean or eventually a piece of paper into a container.

The new museum tells the stories of the Dublin community, from the Dublin Cornet Band to notable Dubliners and everyday life in the small village turned teeming city of nearly 50,000.

The mounted unit was formed in 1984 under CPD's traffic division. Then-chief Dwight W. Joseph wanted to make police more approachable because people kept trying to flag down police cruisers.

For the second year, the Woodstock Oral History Initiative will be gathering stories at ComFest. The accounts will become part of the Museum at Bethel Woods' collection.

More than 3,000 acres in Mercer County were supposed to go to the freed slaves, but it never happened.

In 1833, John Randolph freed nearly 400 people from slavery in his will. He promised the emancipated slaves land in Mercer County, Ohio, but white settlers in the area chased them away.

A UNESCO committee will decide whether to recognize eight Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks with the highest designation in the world for cultural and natural heritage.

Barn raisings were community events. Repurposing them as public spaces or homes restores that sense of community, said Friends of Ohio Barns Vice President Dan Troth.

The boom of the 1950s led to the creation of modern American suburbs and the rise of the middle class - but it's not exactly what we need out of housing today.

Race has, and remains, a complicated issue in America. It’s been made even more so in today’s current climate of political polarization. As the culture wars play out, we’ll delve into how we teach Black history and address America’s continuing issues.