BARRY BATES Barry Bates was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a Walnut Hills High School alumni who graduated in the top 10 percentile of his class. A proud University of Dayton alumni, as an intercollegiate athlete, he walked onto the Dayton Flyers football team and was a memberContinue Reading

If you ever yearn for a day when music returns to amazing lyrics, surrounded by incredible melodies all sung by people with real talent, you are not alone. Modern music lacks soul and purpose and quite often is forgettable. But coming to a city near you is a blast fromContinue Reading

GLENN E. THORNTON Born in Birmingham, Alabama, and a current resident of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Glenn E. Thornton is a 48-year member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. After graduating from Shaker Heights High School, Glenn was initiated into the fraternity as a college student in 1977, through its EpsilonContinue Reading

There’s no doubt that the Trump Administration has kept its promise to secure the border of the United States. What no one expected was the incredible increase in the pursuit of non-documented people living and working deep within the country. Since Trump took office, 37,600 people have been removed, farContinue Reading

“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” is a saying that means a child will often share similar traits or characteristics with their parents, essentially implying that children tend to resemble their parents in behavior and personality. Just as an apple naturally falls close to the tree it grewContinue Reading

When the 2024 election winner was announced, people all over the country began to express anxiety about a Trump victory. That feeling subsided for a month or two until Trump took office. As soon as he moved back into the White House, the stress level of the country increased fromContinue Reading

What passes for news these days has to be taken with a grain of salt. With our ability to transmit information in seconds around the world, whether what is published is factual, semi-factual, or fictional has become difficult to ascertain. Yet an entire industry has developed around the idea ofContinue Reading

CHELSEA T. PERNELL Chelsea is a successful businesswoman. She is a multi-million-dollar top producer at Dream Team Realty (Cleveland, Ohio), serves as the Founding Pastor of Kingdom Keepers Church, and is pursuing a Doctor of Ministry at South University, while concurrently completing her fourth Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) unit inContinue Reading