Memories quickly surfaced as I thought about Hogskin County, as us folks down south in Union Country called Calhoun County. It seems back in the 1920s, or maybe earlier, there were some hog thieves ...

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Weeding is back-breaking and time-consuming work. Luckily, we found the best stand-up weed pullers to help make this a ...

A cheap rod catches fish, but a cheap reel breaks hearts.” Fishing can be as expensive or as budget-friendly as you make it.

Old school. After Angela Van Winden asked Anthony Caudle to grab the long cane pole where his best grip would be, she cut through to a length of about 10 feet with a handsaw. The use of the simple ...

Roy Heilman Special to The Free Press Sep 7, 2025 Sep 7, 2025 Coming off of last week’s mushrooming triumph, I felt inspired to do something else that was new to me. Luckily, the perfect thing was ...

Daylight was only a pale promise on the horizon as Walker Cline and I pulled away from a dock on Indian Lake in western Ohio. It was completely calm and a heavy haze hung low over the water. Walker ...

Most folks often assume the Dog Days get their name from the mid to late summer’s dry and hot weather which of course, can be hard on dogs. However, the name comes from the late summer timeframe in ...

I’ve been an unrepentant rock bass fan practically my entire life. My fondness began on the banks of Banta’s Fork. This pastoral feeder—the largest of Twin Creek’s several branches—was named for ...

The parking lot of Fair Oaks Health and Rehabilitation in Jamestown, KY, transformed into a fishing pond for residents thanks to help from Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery. Photo credit: Fair Oaks ...

If ever a kid says that without the exclamation mark with their first fish on the line. it will be the first. There’s something about the tug on the line and the unknown at the other end that ...