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Letters to the Editor

Health care reform

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 ...

Residents thanked for generosity

Dear Editor, I am writing to thank Martins Ferry​​-area residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Generosity throughout contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse ...

Children of a smaller god

Dear Editor, Recently I have been watching a lot of street preachers on YouTube. I remember as a child in Bellaire my mom would have my brother and I attend every church service at the Salvation Army. One of those services was called, “open air.” We would march up to the corner ...

Partisan politics and two-tiered justice

Dear Editor, Are Americans really this goofy? Every day we lose approximately 300 people to death by fentanyl, and over 100,000 annually to drug overdoses. There are junkies living, defecating and attacking people in the streets! We have had 4 million illegals enter our country ...

Gamble on God

Dear Editor, Draft King Casino, Fan Dual, what a wonderful gambling thing now in Ohio. WOW, what a way to spend your money. Gamble and lose. Boy is that interesting. One can sit in their home, car, work or wherever, place bets knowing that you will not win. Well let me give you a ...

The Republicans’ accomplishments

Dear Editor, Republicans, in their first few weeks of congressional majority, have achieved some remarkable things. They have elected a speaker, after only four days and fifteen ballots; he has, in return, appointed various members of the “freedom caucus” to important committee ...