Today, Americans of all races and religions mark the observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. We think there can be no better way to remember his legacy than by offering the text of the speech he delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, ...

The spirit, legacy and dreams of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. remain alive in our area and will be on display again this holiday weekend. Pupils, parents, business leaders, civic and community leaders, senior citizens and others from across the Tri-State Area will have the chance to ...

Ever had a thought on how things could run better in Weirton? Then file for office. Want to see changes in Brooke County or Hancock County? File for office. Do you think we need to take a tougher line on criminal actions? Run for public office. The official 2024 election filing period got ...

Perhaps the federal government is concerned only with certain kinds of environmental and health disasters. Perhaps only politically expedient targets are worth the effort. Whatever the reason, help has been hard to come by in East Palestine, as nearly a year after the fiery Norfolk Southern ...

Twice during the Christmas travel season, young people flying solo on their way to family ended up very far from their intended destinations. One was a 6-year-old flying Spirit Airlines, who despite always being in the care of an airline employee, ended up in Orlando instead of Ft. Myers, Fla., ...

As talk of welcoming refugees swirls across the country, data from The Refugee Processing Center shows there are people finding sanctuary in West Virginia as they flee countries many might not expect. Looking only at November 2023, the center’s statistics show the Mountain State opened its ...