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Local events keep King’s legacy alive

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 come together and remember King’s visions of equality, racial justice and nonviolent approach to bringing about social change. There are many events planned by the Steubenville Martin Luther Jr. Association, beginning Saturday, with the MLK Youth and Children’s Day. Scheduled to run between ...

Traditions live, despite changes

The path to Monday’s college football championship game has not been an easy one for either Notre Dame or Ohio State. For the Fighting Irish, troubles began on Sept. 7, when they suffered a 16-14 loss to Northern Illinois. That defeat set up a scenario where Notre Dame had to be perfect for the remainder of the season and win 13 games in a row to have any chance at the national title. For the Buckeyes, the low spot was not a 32-31 loss to Oregon on Oct. 12 — it was a 13-10 loss to hated-rival Michigan in Ohio Stadium on Nov. 30 that left the team and its fans reeling and ...

W.Va. right to update code

It’s been about a decade since the last time the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia worked on updates to the state Code of Judicial Conduct. Think about how much the world has changed since the last revision to that code, in November 2015. For that matter, think about how much we’ve learned by watching ethics questions play out on a state and national level. Chief Justice Tim Armstead was right to set the process in motion. “In order to promote and maintain the public’s trust in a fair, transparent, independent and impartial judiciary, it is important that we hold ...

Public records must be public

Last Wednesday, the Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments in a years-long case in which state Attorney General Dave Yost has been trying to avoid complying with public records requests from the Center for Media and Democracy. The center is seeking records from a time period in which the Republican Attorneys General Association (which accepts corporate donations) put together a letter opposing clean air restrictions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Center for Media and Democracy initially requested documents regarding the RAGA letter in March 2020. At the time Yost ...

Maintaining credit remains important

Some of us may have shied away from looking at our credit scores once the holiday shopping was over, but WalletHub took a look anyway and found perhaps we’d better do a little work. In its report the States With the Largest Credit Score Decreases, West Virginia ranked 11th in the country. The average credit score in the Mountain State fell by 0.61 percent between the third quarters of 2023 and 2024. In fact, by the end of the third quarter of 2024, the average credit score in the state was 647. Ohio is doing a little better, with a rank of 22nd. In the Buckeye State, the average ...

Need for blood always is great

If the weather has been a hindrance to your daily (or weekly) routine, think about what it has meant to organizations dependent upon the help of others to fulfill their missions. For the American Red Cross, January can be a difficult month. Weather is factor, yes, but so is the active cold and flu season, which may make it harder for some to keep blood donation appointments or be eligible to donate. “The start of the new year is one of the most challenging times to collect blood products as the threat of severe winter weather builds and can often lead to widespread blood drive ...