“Dark Phoenix” lands in theaters tonight, offering Fox a Mulligan on the story that appeared as a subplot in 2003’s “X2: X-Men United” and played out in 2006’s “X-Men 3: The Last Stand.” The comic book story of Phoenix was a slow-burn that started in 1976’s “X-Men” #101, ...
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. One body of the West Virginia Legislature unveils a massive 100-plus page bill out of nowhere and passes it in about a week. I could be talking about the birth of Senate Bill 451, the education omnibus bill, which made its debut Jan. 24 during the ...
America’s longest war — neither Vietnam nor Afghanistan — shows no sign of even winding down, much less ending. To the contrary, the death toll may continue to increase. Veterans of military service rightly point to the Vietnam and Afghan wars as the longest, in most respects, in U.S. ...
Adults don’t like it much when a younger person, particularly someone in their charge, points out that they have made a mistake. When I was in early elementary school — I don’t remember exactly which grade — I noticed a sign hung on a teacher’s classroom wall included a misspelled ...
While trying to decide on what to write about in last Sunday’s column, the first thing that came to my mind was all of the various graduations taking place this time of the year and that is what my article was about. However, I left out a very very important special day — Memorial Day ...
Stefanie Bundalo, creator of the Sarcastic Cooking blog, gives fans of the Instant Pot more to love with their favorite appliance with a cookbook of 75 dishes that take minimal work with 15 minutes or less of prep time, “Quick Prep Cooking with Your Instant Pot.” The recipes inside include ...
When was the last time that you took time for yourself? I know well that life is busy enough with work, family, and just the normal everyday routines. It’s really easy to live on autopilot — just following the routine you established for yourself and living one day to the next as each one ...
It isn’t about getting knocked down it is about getting back up. I will never forget Thomas, a former high school soccer player I coached several years ago. Thomas’ skills were average. What made Thomas a starter by his senior year and an All- State Player was his persistence. If you beat ...
There are two new Amish books that will appeal to fans of the genre and long-time fans of the writers. First from Wanda E. Brunstetter with daughter-in-law Jean Brunstetter and granddaughter Richelle Brunstetter comes “The Brides of Big Valley,” three novellas all set in Big Valley, ...
Drive slowly by a farm pond, a lake, or a wetland on a warm summer evening, and you’re likely to hear two distinctive voices. A deep, booming, “Jug-o’-rummm!” betrays a male bullfrog. On a lake the sound can travel up to a mile across open water. As darkness falls, dozens of bullfrog ...
Chloe Bidwell’s art project was named Best of Show at Fort Frye High School’s annual art show held Friday, May 10 and Saturday, May 11. Other students receiving awards for first, second, and third place in each category were: Portraits — Chloe Bidwell (1st and 2nd place) and Divinity ...
Tina Salmans wondered where the line of walking men was headed along Emerson Avenue in Parkersburg every morning. Salmans, who co-owns Mulberry Lane Country Store at 4009 Emerson Ave., would see these men walking in groups by her store and by the church she attends, St. Andrews United ...
Editor’s note: This column includes reproductions of historical newspaper items that contain language that, while common at the time, is understood to be offensive today, and would not appear in print. *** Accident Last evening as Thos. Mulvey was driving an empty coal cart down Market ...
The “MonsterVerse” featuring Godzilla, King Kong and company is yet another attempt to build a cinematic universe to match Marvel’s. But 40 years ago, Godzilla was part of the Marvel Comics Universe. Technically the second American-published comic featuring the King of the Monsters (the ...
Today is Memorial Day, when we take time to honor those members of the U.S. Armed Forces who gave the ultimate sacrifice and laid their lives down in combat or who have later died as a veteran. I have a lot of fond memories on Memorial Day weekend growing up in St. Marys. Military service is a ...
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 ...
It appears Republican leaders in the West Virginia Legislature are doing precisely what I suggested earlier this month that they might. They are pulling the rug right out from under the feet of the state’s three big public school employee unions. Union leaders are not happy about that. In ...
Ohio State University College of Medicine and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center published research recently that has me shaking my head. The results of their study are flawed, in my opinion. Makes me wonder who is minding the store in academia. A group of researchers decided ...
In her column, Capturing carbon emissions, in the Parkersburg News and Sentinel, April 28, Christina Myer quotes U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., “Last week, the firing up of NET Power’s plant provides hope for those researching a way to make carbon capture technology so efficient and ...
Collaboration. What does that mean? Is it the same as cooperation? Is it a product? A process? A concept? A notion? Or just a buzzword? At United Way, we build our success on solid and positive collaborations. We know it’s something much bigger than an industry buzzword. We know it is a ...