You may not agree with what I have to say today but think about it before you decide. We have had a death in the family and many will send flowers for the funeral. I’m not against sending flowers. It’s just sometimes families need or request other things; like donating to the deceased’s ...

On Oct. 13 I spoke at the Belpre City Council meeting, bringing up issues with the city of Belpre buying the Badger Lumber Building. My purpose is to ensure that any actions taken by this council comply fully with Ohio Revised Code and protect the city from legal and financial risk. It is ...

As we sang “This Land is your land … for you and me.” I felt very proud of my country and was surrounded by many from Ohio and West Virginia as we assembled in Marietta, Ohio, on Oct. 18. We carried signs that expressed our thoughts and concerns about the authoritarian government in ...

Well meaning parents question the need to vaccinate their children and even to receive Covid vaccinations. Public health experts are concerned low vaccination rates may lead to reoccurring paralytic polio, which has no cure. Reoccurring polio is incomprehensible. I am a scientist and use ...

Just back from Geneva, Switzerland, for the United Nations 11th annual conference of state parties, Dudley Brown, the president of the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) sat through a representative of communist China attacking Americans for refusing to roll over and ratify the U.N. ...

There is something afoot in the Mid-Ohio Valley. People in Washington and Wood County are turning out for Democracy. Four members of Living Democracy: Engaging Citizens, a local citizens group, just finished teaching a four-week LIR (Learning in Retirement) class with 55 community members ...