On March 1, the 25th annual Empty Bowls fundraising luncheon had its most successful year ever raising funds for area food pantries to help alleviate food insecurities in the Mid-Ohio Valley. All net proceeds go to the pantries. The Empty Bowls Committee would like to thank the many people and ...
The article in The Parkersburg News on Sunday, March 16, 2025, written to celebrate United Bank’s 186th anniversary with the Shamrock tradition prompted me to share our family’s shamrock tradition. Our tradition began in 1955. My older brother and sister attended Saint Francis Xavier ...
Every time a Republican president is elected to office, the Democrats and the fake news media begin screaming Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. are going to be abolished. The same rubbish we heard when Reagan and both Bushes were president and when Trump was serving his first term. It ...
With the recent flux of vandalism being perpetrated against Tesla, one has to wonder what has happened to our common sense and decency. Imagine our Founding Fathers having such hatred for those that had a differing opinion while constructing our Constitution and our nation. I daresay we’d ...
The common expression, “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it” should serve as a warning to the sycophants who are now parroting President Trump’s attack on the judiciary. They need to consider what happened to the minions who drank his Kool-Aid and repeated false ...
We had the occasion last week to sit in Southwood Park and enjoy a sandwich. We were amazed at the work that has been completed and continues to be done at the park. It all looks GREAT! It has become another city park of which we can all be proud. Bob Enoch Parkersburg
