No one can say that Cleveland Browns fans should not have seen this coming. There’s been a lot of positive energy surrounding the team in the past season. The emergence of Baker Mayfield at quarterback and the team’s 7-8-1 record, plus an apparent new attitude that stretched from top ...
We Americans are failing to cope with a serious crisis, and it has little to do with border security. It is the national debt, which topped $22 trillion this week. For most people, it is difficult to become too concerned about mere numbers on paper or expressed digitally. But the debt is more ...
Steubenville finds itself in a tough position as this year’s election cycle gets under way. Last week’s filing deadline for the May 7 primary came and went, and few candidates emerged for several positions. In one race, in fact — the city’s 5th Ward — no candidates, including ...
Much controversy has swirled around the administration of Brooke County schools for many months now. Parents and educators have serious concerns, many of which are warranted. And that’s what makes the Feb. 23 election on the county’s five-year excess school levy come at an unfortunate ...
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, continues to explore his potential as a candidate for president. During the weekend, he took his “Dignity of Work” tour to New Hampshire. True to form — and his record — he stuck to issues of interest to working men and women. Higher wages, improved ...
Brooke County Board of Education members made a wise decision in hiring Jeffrey Crook as interim superintendent of schools. The choice is “an opportunity for a new beginning,” as Crook put it. Bringing in a superintendent not formerly part of the school system was a near-necessity, in ...
Black History Month 2019 calls to attention those men and women who, despite segregation and derision from fellow countrymen, chose to serve in the cause of freedom as Americans. “Black Migrations” is the theme from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the ...
Liberal leaders are so angry about any potential challenges to the Democratic Party’s new far-left orthodoxy that some are beginning to sound like they are positively vicious. Take the reaction to former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s decision to consider running for president as an ...
Weirton Elementary School continues to emphasize the importance of reading, both to its pupils and to the community. Monday saw the launch of this year’s reading program, now called “Read to Me Weirton,” with the announcement of “Charlotte’s Web” as this year’s book. Literacy is ...
The calendar has rolled into February, and that means the seasons are winding down for area high school athletes. Already, the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference has crowned its champions in swimming and wrestling. The bi-state conference will decide its girls basketball champions Saturday, and ...