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Deserved: Medal of Honor Monument least we can do

Those who have earned Medals of Honor, gave all they had to the rest of us — to this country we call home and they were willing to defend. Military veterans, Gold Star Families, Medal of Honor recipients … all those who sacrificed so much in their service to this country had no greater ...

9-11: Have we forgotten?

“Never forget.” What did we mean, when we declared as a country that we would forever remember the events and lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001? What do those words mean to the people born afterward? They are Gen Z and Gen Alpha, now. All they know is what they read in history books, what ...

Reminder: Operation Meridian reminds how many Ohio kids are in danger

Local, state and federal law enforcement officials conducted a heroic operation over the past month or so that has resulted in an unfathomable 79 children being recovered in Ohio, after having been reported missing or endangered. For most of us, it is a shock just to learn that many children ...

Elections: Get off the sidelines and vote

There are a disturbing number of intelligent, well-informed people who have taken a look at the state of our government and decided to wash their hands of it by removing themselves from the voting process. How often have you heard, “It’s all a mess. Neither side cares about anything but ...

Damages: There is no hiding on social media

A New Philadelphia municipal court’s creative sentence for a 21-year-old’s 17 wildlife crimes is fitting, yes; but also an important reminder to all of us about the boundaries we seem to forget when social media is at our fingertips. According to a Yahoo News report, Carter J. Hickey ...

Labor Day: Remember what we’re working for

No longer the precursor to the start of the school year for most students, Labor Day weekend now serves as the first three-day weekend break. Kids and their parents get one more chance to take it a bit easy before the grind of the fall semester and all its activities starts to take its ...