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Editorials

Offering a safe place for babies

In a state where so many political figures make a big show about how much they care about babies, some communities are walking the walk and providing an important option for desperate parents with nowhere else to turn. Last year, Lebanon installed a Safe Haven Baby Box at one of its fire ...

Park investment a plus in Weirton

In one of the final acts of the current administration, Weirton City Council on Monday approved an allotment of $350,000 to put toward completion of a new restroom facility at Marland Heights Park, with options to fund improvements at the Brookline Street playground and possibly some other ...

What happened to sportsmanship?

Now that the dust has settled, responsible adults have a duty to look back on what we witnessed during college football’s rivalry week and understand it was all part of a larger and very disturbing trend that needs to be reversed. The Atlantic Coast Conference fined four of its schools — ...

Ohio’s elections set standard for nation

On Dec. 2, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose certified the official results of the Nov. 5 general election. In doing so, he noted voter turnout was the second-highest on record in Ohio (the 2020 general election was the highest.) With voter participation at 71.7 percent — there were ...

Manchin has earned thanks and respect

Last week West Virginia prepared for the end of an era, as U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin gave his final speech on the floor of the Senate after having devoted his life to serving the state’s residents for more than 40 years. Manchin has been a stalwart for the Mountain State, at all levels — the ...

Pearl Harbor still resonates

The words President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered to a joint session of Congress on Dec. 8, 1941, remain as powerful and meaningful today as they were when they were first spoken some 83 years ago. Americans were stunned and still reeling from the news that Japanese forces had ...