If you read my weekend story about the spending by five independent expenditure groups and political action committees, then I assume you’re as shellshocked as I am. Quite frankly, I have never seen this amount of money spent in midterm statehouse races in my life. We’re talking more ...
If you’re a garden variety serial killer, you may have planned for a lot of contingencies when designing your murder basement. I’m not sure Andrew from Daisy Pearce’s “Dark is When the Devil Comes” could’ve conceived the unique challenges posed by his latest victim. Hazel is ...
The voters of your county are fortunate to be able to vote to re-elect Del. Scot Heckert to the State Legislature in the upcoming election. I know I am not from your county. But this is the age of unreliable social media, spam texts and emails, and high-priced, half-truth negative election ...
I wanted to publicly thank an “angel” with last name of Lorenzo (I believe that is what he told me at the time) for coming to my rescue on the evening of March 31, just before sunset. I am 83 and not very mobile these days. About 6:30 p.m. I decided to go out into my yard to admire a ...
I have been involved in Republican politics in Wood County and in West Virginia for over 28 years of my life. I have served as a county chairman, as secretary for the state party and a state party vice chairman. So having been committed to this cause for all these years, you can only imagine ...
My address to Parkersburg City Council April 21: On Jan. 26, 2026, Council gathered and many agreed that stormwater drainage should be a priority for this year. But I can only find $55,000 in stormwater supplies proposed within these budget revisions that total over $901,000 in anticipated ...
