CHEERS to the return of The Times Leader’s Best of the Ohio Valley contest. Nominations are now underway, allowing readers to select their favorites in many categories. JEERS to recent unstable weather conditions that have caused some holiday events and activities to be delayed. Summer is ...

For families whose households have begun to ring with the cry of “I’m bored!” and “There’s nothing to do!” affordable options for getting out of the house are important. The time-honored tradition of the family road trip is difficult to beat. And, according to WalletHub’s ...

One does not have to look far to see the damage done by the last several years in which some politicians have fooled their followers into believing it is acceptable to be openly, publicly hateful. An example from 2021 came from the Sheffield Lake (Ohio) Police Department, where the chief felt ...

Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a North Carolina case should put to rest Ohio Republicans’ challenge of the court ruling that their proposed congressional maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered. “The U.S. Supreme Court’s not going to grant a hearing now on the existing Ohio ...

CHEERS to the dozens of fire departments and probably more than 100 firefighters who turned out late Monday to battle a residential fire west of St. Clairsville. Many worked into the wee hours of Tuesday. JEERS to news that Ohio elections officials are scrambling to prepare for the Aug. 8 ...

Though an election law expert says Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose technically did not break the law, a letter LaRose sent out recently has some Buckeye State voters confused. “This letter could be seen as, ‘That sort of looks sketchy,’ and maybe it’s an unfair advantage here, ...