As Gov. Mike DeWine declares a state of emergency in 11 Ohio counties after last week’s terrible storms, it is a reminder there are Buckeye State residents struggling to recover and in need of our support.
Those living in Auglaize, Crawford, Darke, Delaware, Hancock, Licking, Logan, Mercer, ...
* Another sure sign of spring is the arrival of annual Easter egg hunts throughout the Mid-Ohio Valley, including one held Thursday at Parkersburg South High School. The colorful activities are another reminder how fortunate we are to have those willing to organize such events for local ...
When writing about lobbyists in my column last summer, I wrote about Caiden Cowger, a Republican political operative and the president of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia.
While Cowger’s predecessor at the Family Policy Council, Allen Whitt, was a registered lobbyist with the West ...
Not Quite A Trial – Belligerents Make it Up With the Morn’s Bright Dawn
There was but one splotch on the virgin page of the police court record this morning. The mark was of the names of Charles Devore and F.P. Stroup. These two men have been friends for many a day, but they made ...
As we near the end of this year’s Sunshine Week, communities across the country are suffering not just because their public officials are doing business in the dark, but because in some regions there are few (or no) news organizations left to keep an eye on those officials in the first ...
Forgive another tale of chatting with a stranger while traveling, but it happened again this past weekend. This time, I approached a person I saw wearing a Mothman t-shirt and asked where he’d gotten it. Well, the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, as it turned out. Thank goodness for our ...