by Madi Miller The Ohio real estate market fluctuates as much as the weather does. As reported on Redfin, home prices in September were up 7% compared to 2021, with 12,843 houses sold this September while last year’s September saw a grand total of 15,378 houses sold. It is typical for the market to have highs and lows. The median price for an average home … Continue reading What does the real estate market look like right now?

by Ten Bottemiller Officials in the White House and Democrats all over the country are worried Democrats may lose control of both the Senate and White House in the upcoming midterm elections on November 8, where all seats in the House of Representatives and 35 seats in the Senate will be up for election. The elections will dictate the last two years of Joe Biden’s … Continue reading President Biden and Democrats across America worry for the fate of democracy in midterm elections

By Adia Miller In February, Texas state governor Greg Abbott gave an order to child welfare services to look into cases of transgender kids receiving gender-affirming care on the grounds of child abuse. While surgeries to change and alter physical genders are rarely given to children according to Pediatrics journal, Abbott is attempting to block access to hormones, therapy centers specifically focused on communicating self-image … Continue reading Texas governor issues anti-trans directive focused on state’s youth

by Eve Jamilkowski Content warning: gun violence On October 6, Panya Kamrab, a recently fired police officer, armed with a knife and a handgun ended the lives of 36 people, 23 of them were children taking their daily afternoon nap at Young Children’s Development Center in Uthai Sawan, Thailand. He then drove home, shooting at passersby, arriving to kill his wife and child, and finally … Continue reading Attack in Thailand sheds light on country’s black-market guns problem

by Emma DeWeese Ten-year-old Micah Tennant was eager to watch Pleasantville’s playoff game on November 15, 2019. In an interview with ESPN his mother, Angela Tennant recalls, “Everybody was going to be at this game.” Micah Tennant was watching the game with his older sister when gunshots rang out in the third quarter. Tragically he died on November 20, 2019, with a bullet wound to … Continue reading Schools seeing an increase in violence at sporting events

Eve Jamilkowski With the Dodds Supreme Court decision which led to the overturn of Roe V. Wade, many voters are now making decisions based on candidates’ positions on the hot-button topic. A POLITICO-Harvard survey asked 1,815 registered voters to note down which issues were “extremely important” in their upcoming congressional vote. Abortion ranked 4th, with 44% of all surveyed saying it is “extremely important.” While … Continue reading Abortion policies set to turn out voters at the polls in November

By Adia Miller In 2019 Governor Mike DeWine passed a bill that banned abortion past the first sign of a fetal heartbeat, which is detectable at the 5.5-6 week period, though more definitive post seven weeks. Most women find out that they are pregnant between weeks 4-7. Abortion rights activists sued the state after the bill’s passing, which led a judge in Hamilton County to … Continue reading Ohio judge temporarily suspends Ohio abortion ban

By Jacob Grismer Over the summer, a third of Pakistan was flooded after record breaking rain, covering the country with dirty green water, collapsing the country’s economy, and raising the risk of disease. 33 million people have been affected and was called “the worst Humanitarian disaster of this decade” by Pakistan’s minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman. According to other Pakistani officials, 1,500 people have … Continue reading Flooding in Pakistan leads to humanitarian disaster