Despite recent failures in our eternal battle against society’s ills, the Beacon Action News Team recognized that our community needed us; it needed action.So, although our egos were somewhat bruised and battered, the Action News Team returned to the beat.A renewed sense of purpose matched only by our inflated egos provided a sufficient shield as we ventured out into a hostile environment.An angry rabble stood in our way as we crossed Court Street.
Winter snow came one day too late to Monroe County this year.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office may have met its shooting match.
The 2023 Christmas Home Decorating Contest is nearing arrival.
“What are you looking at, kid?” a tiny ant says to a pair of eyes peering through a plastic wall.Before the ant and its friends can get a proper answer, several other sets of eyes flood into view.The kids gaze into the ant’s tiny enclosure, impressed by their tunnels and overall work ethic – little creatures, working together to create a habitat and home of their own.That’s something the kids could do too.It’s almost like the kids and ants have a little bit in common – or at least that’s what Monroe Soil and Water Conservation District Program Administrator and Education Specialist Katie Kovaly hoped to get across when she visited with the students at the Redskin Ready afterschool program Wednesday, Nov.
Woodsfield Village Council got to see the first glimpse of the colorful decorations for the downtown control boxes.Council member Matt Schaber brought the first four samples of artwork to council’s regular meeting Monday, Nov.
The Beacon Action News Team is back at it, folks – examining our county’s issues and coming up with common sense solutions!At least that’s what we claim to do in theory.In actuality, we run about pushing people around so that we can feel important.So the action news team was on its regular beat, looking for trouble and what do we stumble upon but a group of kids screwing around downtown in the middle of the day!“Hey, kids,” Kreg said with a stern tone.
COUNTY COURTChristina Crooks, Woodsfield, child endangerment, no contest, one year unsupervised probation, shall cooperate with job and family services, bond shall be forfeited to pay fines and costs, seven days in jail, $135.
Leadership, a strong work ethic, a willingness to go above and beyond.These are some of the traits used to describe a pair of Swiss Hills Career Center students who were recognized by the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District’s Board of Education during its regular meeting Thursday, Nov.
Oftentimes, Alzheimer’s and dementia can be seen as the end of many things.The end of the way things were.The end of a normal relationship.The end of new, positive memories.Anish Ganosh faced the perceived end with his own grandmother.She had become nonverbal through forces outside her control.“The person who raised me, the person I loved didn’t recognize me,” Ganosh said.While many of the familiarities were gone, Ganosh noticed that one thing would perk up his grandmother – music.When he played her favorite song, she would sing every word.That realization helped Ganosh start to develop a method of using music as therapy for memory patients through the Day by Day Project.“We want to repurpose music as a tool for everyday issues (faced by memory patients and caregivers),” Ganosh said.