July 21, 2026, will live in the memories of several communities across West Virginia for years. It is rare enough for ONE tornado to touch down in our region — often many years will go by without even an event that makes some suspect there was a tornado. But TWO? That’s the kind of thing ...
Switching to electric energy is my strategy for stabilizing home energy costs. Global events, like the conflict in Iran, highlight the volatility of gas prices. As I transition my home to be fully electric, the long-term cost of electricity is my primary focus. After a hail storm damaged my ...
My husband, Francis George Angelos, passed away last Saturday at age 87, after a brief sickness, surrounded by his children, grandchildren and me. Francis loved his family and did everything he could to make them happy and always to encourage the grandchildren and advise them to do well in ...
This week the grandson of my neighbor who was in the the July 4th ATV accident in our neighborhood, rang my doorbell. “Do you want to play basketball Mr. Kozera?” I was surprised and happy to see him. He looked fine. “Are you allowed to play basketball.” “Yes, as long as I don’t ...
Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! This week I want to talk about a new pest that has been found in West Virginia, the spotted lanternfly (ycorma delicatula). It officially has been found in Wood County and will certainly spread to other areas. Native to Asia, this pest was first ...
As Marietta grew, so did the risk of fire. By 1900, downtown Marietta was a dense collection of buildings that shared walls with their neighbors. The arrangement was perfect for the shoppers that mainly used the sidewalks, not the roads, to go from merchant to merchant. The problem with a ...
