Editor’s note: Letters such as the one that follows are being sent to Ohio state lawmakers by fire departments throughout our region. Some of those departments asked that an example be published as a letter to the editor, in an effort to inform the public and garner support for their efforts. ...

Dear Editor, On Dec. 10, 2022 your newspaper kindly published my Letter to the Editor concerning my lost Basset hound. Rufus, age 1, went missing from Barnesville on Nov. 5. It’s now been three long, cold months, 10 days and eight hours since Rufus disappeared from the backyard of his ...

Dear Editor, This is a blunt address to Mr. Bill Bryant’s recent published letter with regard to “Separation of Church and State”. I will say this: If anyone believes that the Founders of America (or of any nation’s) constitutional interpretation of freedom is a violation of the ...

Dear Editor, Each of us are born into a particular epoch of history that God has chosen for us. It’s not the luck of the draw. The Bible says that there are seasons of life… a time to reap, a time to sow, a time to live and a time to die. The history of man is found in the scriptures ...

Dear Editor, During the recent “lame duck” session, Ohio’s predominantly Republican legislature and Governor (Mike) DeWine rushed to pass HB 507. The amended bill prohibits communities from banning pesticides within city borders and allows state lands and parks to be leased for oil ...

Dear Editor, A couple weeks ago, local papers reported a hospital would be denying in-patient care to those who have public employee insurance. This business decision was based on out of state hospitals getting paid far more than in state hospitals. Government action remedied this ...