Alex MacNicol, director of the Erie Regional Planning Commission, is defending the work done for the county by Greg Sherman, Erie County's economic development consultant.

Congress has passed a new five-year farm bill. President Bush has vowed to veto it, but it appears to be backed by veto-proof majorities in both houses.

I've been mourning Bo Diddley in my own way -- banging out the "Bo Diddley beat" on desks in the newsroom for anyone willing to listen.

During his visit to Huron last week, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher revealed, "Ted Strickland and I both have a site on MySpace, because we are both with it."

The quarterly statistics offered by Dog Warden Barbara Knapp at Thursday's Erie County commissioners meeting offer a snapshot of what Knapp and her staff do every day.

Since the last report was delivered Feb. 28, the shelter has handled 252 dogs.

Cell phone provider Verizon is asking Ohio residents to support earthquake and cyclone relief by doing what comes naturally for many folks these days -- sending text messages.

My current employment as political reporter for the Register allows me the opportunity to read a genre of literature that may be unfamiliar to you: The political press release.

PETA's recent efforts to harass Mona Rutger, the notorious healed eagle displayer,  isn't the only method the animal rights group has been using to earn itself bad publicity.

One of the consequences of the environmental fellowship I recently attended, the Great Waters Institute, is that I have largely stopped drinking store-bought bottled water, and switched to using tap water, which I use to fill water bottles given to me by various organizations (including the Perki