A little more than a week ago, the St. Clairsville Area Chamber of Commerce did something we typically do not do often enough — it recognized the achievements and contributions of several of its members. During its annual dinner on Sept. 18, where Wheeling’s own Craig Karges entertained ...
No wonder the Barnesville Pumpkin Festival is a favorite fall tradition for so many people! Once again, as I have nearly every year since I became a journalist, I had the chance to cover the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off this year. The Wednesday evening event serves as the unofficial kickoff for ...
Dear Editor, Yesterday I turned on one of the church channels and watched the memorial to Charlie Kirk. They played everything straight through without the interruption of the talking heads and commercials on regular cable networks. It was incredible. Even though it was Charlie’s ...
Dear Editor, There were approximately 250,000 conservatives gather for Charlie Kirk’s funeral. How do you know it was conservatives? There are no cities on fire, no police getting assaulted, no looting, no shootings, no stabbings, no riots, etc. etc. etc. If you can’t agree that if this ...
Our grandson is a U.S. Marine. This week I told him about his great-grandfather, my Dad, who was a proud U.S. Marine. Dad, like other U.S. Marines I know, are Marines, even if they aren’t currently serving. When the Marine Corps Hymn, “From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli ...
For many families, finding affordable child care is one of the bigger obstacles to being able to be full participants in the workforce. Sometimes it just makes more sense for a parent to stay home with the kids than to go out into a job that perhaps doesn’t even cover the costs of child ...