LUCAS ― A civil lawsuit surrounding wood from the iconic oak tree featured in the 1994 film "The Shawshank Redemption" was settled July 31 in Richland County Common Pleas Court with $30,000 to be ...

“Sing for the Oak Tree, the Monarch of the Wood.” These words were written by English poet Mary Botham Howitt, who died in 1888. She may be best known for her amusing creation, “The Spider and the Fly ...

Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

LUCAS ― Some of the lumber that was left from the iconic oak tree featured in "The Shawshank Redemption" is now at the center of a civil suit. The wood had been left at a sawmill for milling to be ...

The Mediterranean oak borer, a miniscule beetle no bigger than a sesame seed, has been discovered in trees around the Portland area. The invasive pest native to Europe, the Middle East and North ...