Erie County officials love Ohio Bike Week, the annual motorcycle festival that grows bigger every year, bringing tourist dollars (and sales tax revenues) to Erie County. But they've balked at letting armored vehicles park on the courthouse lawn.

Thursday night's annual meeting of the Ohio Lakefront Group provides a snapshot of what's going on in the legal war between the group (which says beaches in the members' backyards are private property and the Ohio Environmental Council (which contends the beaches are private property that should

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.

Here's a couple of ideas on how to save a little money on gas:

One of the most interesting portions of the Murman report on Chief Kim Nuesse is the explanation of why she didn't have to pay a fine when she received a parking ticket. (One of her subordinates, Gary Frankowski, voided the ticket.

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."

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.