Connie Schultz had a column in the Plain Dealer Sunday about the dire straits faced by local food banks who are struggling to supply food to the many people who still don't have decent jobs.

Charles Dickens has returned to Sandusky, in a way. Window displays for "A Christmas Carol" are back in downtown Sandusky, although some of them are on display at Sandusky Mall this year.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in downtown Sandusky, where merchants have organized a holiday window-decorating contest and are inviting their customers to vote on the best one. 

Bestselling author Brad Meltzer, who has done much to popularize Sandusky's colorful Masonic past, begins his new series, "Brad Meltzer's Decoded," at 10 p.m. Thursday on the History Channel.