In my misspent youth, I had an experience that profoundly changed me and, in fact, accounts for the fact that I have been doing public work in astronomy for almost half a century.
Saturn has returned to our central Ohio sky at last. No astronomical sight is more breathtaking, even in a small telescope, than Saturn’s celestial hat brim. Around 10 p.m., look for the ringed planet low in the southeastern sky as a yellow point of light.
CHARDON, Ohio — The teenager suspected in an Ohio school shooting struggled with a broken family and did poorly in school, then appeared to turn himself around once he was taken in by grandparents and began to attend an alternative school, longtime neighbors and friends said Wednesday.
Sheila Margaret Miller Conners, 81, of Powell and formerly of Delaware died Thursday (Feb. 2, 2012) at her home surrounded by her family.
Maria A. Moosbrugger, 86, of Delaware passed away Saturday (Jan. 14, 2012) in De Leon Springs, Fla., where she liked to spend her winters.
LAGOS, Nigeria — Terror attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people, with the majority dying on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas Mass as blood pooled in dust from a massive explosion.
Doris E. “Boots” Reed, 84, of Delaware, died Friday (Dec. 2, 2011) in Grady Memorial Hospital.
CLAYTON, N.C. — English-speaking Roman Catholics who have regularly attended Mass for years found themselves in an unfamiliar position Sunday, needing printed cards or sheets of paper to follow along with a ritual many have known since childhood.