Roger “Cookie” Wallace passed, a longtime friend I met through his brother, Richard “Dick’ Wallace, who was a Brooke County school bus driver who listened with encouragement about my aspiration to be in the fight racket. When I was working in Wellsburg back in the late 1970s, his ...
According to the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE), 241,024 children receive an education within the Mountain State. However, do they all thrive under the same educational model? How does the state’s education system impact family decisions to move here? As reported on the WVDE ...
So, today is Groundhog Day.
It’s one of the lesser-celebrated holidays of the year, unless, of course, you happen to live in Punxsutawney, Pa. Then, it’s a celebration unlike any other.
I know this because I watched the movie “Groundhog Day,” with Bill Murray several times. ...
These past few weeks have been tough for folks in the Weirton area. The ongoing water issues have pretty much taken much of our attention. Since we live on Weirton Heights, we are still under a boil order, although we are blessed to have some water when so many don’t.
It makes me thankful ...
The fight over whether to appoint a Republican or a Democrat to the 91st District House of Delegates seat is a fascinating one for me, a former legislative staffer who nerds out on these kinds of questions. But we will have to wait until May for the matter to be decided.
I’ve had a story in ...
I decided to make a little detour after leaving the Hancock County Commission meeting Thursday afternoon, driving down to River Avenue in New Cumberland for a quick stop at the Arthur Watson Overlook.
Driving to and from work each day, I get a bit of a view of the Ohio River while crossing ...