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Fire in the Belly: Fighting food insecurity may be up to us

Most Ohio households are feeling the continuing and increasing squeeze of higher prices. Far too many are feeling that squeeze to a degree that is forcing them to make unsustainable decisions. According to a survey included in the Ohio Association of Foodbanks annual report, of the 2,644 food ...

High Points of the Valley

* Parkersburg High School’s Native Roots Club helped a group of younger students at Criss Elementary School with their gardening tasks last week, not only harvesting vegetables but preparing the beds for the winter and planting flower bulbs. The project benefits the younger students not only ...

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 ...