Teamwork is essential for success in sports and in business. A few years ago, I was part of West Virginia’s first Veterans Cup Team. The Veterans Cup is a national soccer tournament for adult teams over 40 years of age. Beckley was hosting the tournament and there wasn’t a team from West ...

“We may even cheer on those who ask us to ... forfeit our personal freedoms. Of course, this is no new story. Even the ancients warned that democracies can degenerate toward autocracy in the face of fear. ... And rule by indefinite emergency edict risks leaving all of us with a shell of a ...

The conventional wisdom about Republicans after the disastrous 2022 midterms is that they need to choose between two different types of candidates: forward-looking, reform-minded governors, and populist rabble-rousers. Or maybe they don’t: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is both. DeSantis is a ...

On your mark. Get set. Go! In just a few days, the Ogden Newspapers Wellness Weekend will take over the streets of Wheeling, marking what has become the unofficial start of summer in the Ohio Valley. What started out decades ago as a 20K foot race has evolved into a two-day series of events ...

CJ is our oldest grandchild. He was born when I was only in my 30s. Many of my friends were still having children of their own and I was a “grandfather.” I didn’t like the word because I remember my grandparents, sitting in a rocking chair, shuffling with a cane, resting from their labors ...

“My mother is someone who shows me how to live,” said Cathy Daigle, Grade 4, St. Joseph’s School, Maine. Say “mother,” “mom,” “momma” to a roomful of people and you’re likely to call forth a roomful of images. Today’s mother may be a homemaker, an executive, a doctor, ...