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High Points of the Valley

* Mid-Ohio Valley residents responded once again to the call for food and financial support for local food pantries — this time Old Man Rivers and the DAV Chapter 32 food pantries in Wood County. During Saturday’s Chick Crites Annual food drive hosted by the News and Sentinel in ...

Letter to the Editor: Beware secret socialists

The Democratic Socialists of America is the most radical anti-American party in U.S. history. They seek ending all deportations, reopening our borders, granting citizenship and voting rights to all illegals, making Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico states, giving the DSA four more Senate seats ...

Reporter's Notebook: Blood in the water

Politics is much like trying to swim with sharks. When there is blood in the water, the sharks get more aggressive. And I get the sense that Gov. Patrick Morrisey's potential 2028 GOP primary opponents for governor sense that he is vulnerable. Take the collapse of efforts to seek a federal ...

Cracking the Code: Learning from past success

Lynnda and I got our COVID shots last week. We believe prevention is better than a cure. Some people are against vaccinations. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Most are too young to live through what Lynnda and I have. We remember crippling polio. Polio is an infectious virus that can ...

Letter to the Editor: DOGE’d, Kennedyed and Trumped

Our forefathers led a revolution based on the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I believe this ensures every person’s right to live up to their potential. Disabled people have a choice to live in the community. Medical treatment is required, even if a person cannot ...