* Ninety-five classes of students have been inducted into the Order of the Golden Horseshoe by the West Virginia Department of Education. The most recent class includes 32 eighth-graders from the Mid-Ohio Valley. The honor goes to students who have demonstrated a master of Mountain State ...
PARKERSBURG LOST TO THE BROOKLYNS Though the Locals Made a Good Showing – Against the Husky Aggregation from the East – Local Boys had Stage Fright in the Early Innings – But They Soon Braced Up and Played Good Ball. Eighteen hundred people witnessed the ball game at historic ...
After the recent primary election period, I think we could all use a break from politics for a bit. This is when I traditionally republish a Memorial Day column with some minor changes from year to year to keep the column relevant. In that piece, I write about the Memorial Day parade in my ...
Memorial Day will feel a little different this year, as across the country, communities are also preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of our Declaration of Independence. It was the beginning of what some have called “the American Experiment.” Even before that day ...
I’m as guilty as anyone of thinking about Memorial Day as a happy occasion. There will be an extra day off work; swimming pools will open; there will be good food, parades … festive things. It’s the unofficial start of summer. Students are graduating high school or college and moving on ...
Sometimes on one of those late spring days when Memorial Day comes, you can almost see them, marching, marching onward, the legion of forgotten dead. In the soft stillness and solitude of a country graveyard in the evening hush, occasionally you can hear the muffled beat of a drum as the ...