This week in Columbus: 'Cotical' investigation leads to results

Powerful stories often leave permanent impressions and can lead to measurable effects.

This is certainly the case for “malignant”, the nationwide examination of our network as to why the law of Ohio dogs give dogs when they attack and disfigure people, amputations, psychological trauma and sometimes deaths.

The online readership of our stories and videos was quite high, while the senior reporter Laura Bischoff and other network journalists received over praise all week.

State Rep. Kevin Miller, R-Nenwark, said Bischoff said that he planned to introduce a legislative template in order to give dog guards more tools and to clarify state law in relation to the responsibility of dog owners. And he described the current law colorful as “garbage”.

We also treated two more developments this week.

The family of Jo Ann Echelbarger (73), who was fatally hit by two Pitbulls in October, sued Pickaway County, real estate manager and a condominium association in which she and her husband lived. The lawsuit claims that the officials knew that the dogs who killed echel barger were dangerous but did not act.

The shipping reporter Bailey Gallion reported that against the owner of two Pitbulls who attack an 8-year-old boy in Columbus on March 2 in Columbus were charged with offense. She also asked the city's public prosecutors why they did not pursue an earlier case against the owner of the dogs.

After all, we are grateful to the brave victims that we tell their difficult stories in words, pictures and video.

Hopefully your words can bring real changes and help others.

Ohios solar field fights continue

The idea of using the sun to deliver the electricity that we need in our lives appeals to many.

It is a clean force that is better for our environment, and continuous progress in technology continues to make it more practical and more affordable.

So we wondered why so many people in rural Ohio are fighting solar parks in their communities.

The reporter Dean Narciso deals with this question in today's cover story with a comprehensive view of controversial solar arm debates in our state.

The story begins with a farmer of Madison County, who has rented part of his country in the next 29 years, knew that he is guaranteed to collect income, regardless of drought or other challenges. And it still plants some harvests between the solar modules. In Maidson County there are three functioning solar fields that produce electricity and tax revenue with more on the way.

As Narciso explains, the opponents are worried that they are disturbed by untouched rural lands and consume the first -class arable land with endless rows of solar collectors. There are also opposition from those who would rather see solar collectors on neighboring properties. Knox County has so far triggered no solar fields and plans for one have triggered a significant opposition by the nationwide residents.

I can only recommend Narciso's history.

Michael Shearer is the executive editor of Columbus Dispatch and Dispatch.com. It can be reached at mshearer@dispatch.com or 614-245-0358.

This week in Columbus: 'Cotical' investigation leads to results

Ohios solar field fights continue

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