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Congratulations Class of 2025

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Young men and women up and down the Ohio Valley are preparing to take their final steps as high school students in the coming days. Many are taking their final examinations, clearing out their lockers, seeing their teachers, and many of their classmates, for the final time. They have their caps and gowns and are preparing to walk across the stage to receive their diploma. The ceremony is but a relatively brief moment in their lives, but an important one nonetheless, because of what it signifies. To those high school seniors, this is a milestone moment in your lives. You are ...

Guest Column: The Supreme Court is deciding whether justice has a zip code

Local Columns

In my law office, I’ve met with families this year who came in not knowing if their children would remain U.S. citizens. Not knowing if a court ruling in one part of the country would protect them in another. Not knowing if the law still worked for them at all. That’s the real-world cost of a case currently before the United States Supreme Court, Trump v. CASA, Inc. 24A884, which asks whether federal judges should continue to have the authority to issue nationwide injunctions. Strip that away, and justice becomes a patchwork where the protection of the Constitution depends on where ...

Continuing the prayers

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: For the past ten years, you - the people of Steubenville - have been in my heart and on my mind as I campaigned and then served on City Council. I prayed for you at every doorstep. I did not see you as divided into different groups but as one people worthy of my wholehearted service. I have never viewed these political positions as ones of power to wield over others but as opportunities for leadership in service. I had hoped to serve you as mayor. And though that’s not the case, know that I will continue to hold you in my heart and in my prayers. I ...

Somewhere along the way, our hearts changed

Local Columns

There were moments when I was putting together the above story when I was taken back to those days when I was around the age of being a fourth-grader. I guess that would be about, what … 10? I’m pretty sure all of us could go back and conjure up a few memories from our childhood during that time. You see, the children in that story are filled with a sadness for each of these dogs and cats living at the local animal shelter. And they are filled with so much love for every single one. No exclusions. Not just the cute puppy with its fabulous puppy breath. Not just the ...

Democrats are confused

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Democrats haven’t been this confused or angry since Lincoln freed the slaves. Democrats worship Volodmyr Zelenskyy for putting Ukraine first but curse President Trump for putting America first. Every Democrat in Congress voted against eliminating tax on tips, overtime, Social Security. Remember this when voting in 2026. Illegal border crossings down 98% from Biden’s disastrous administration. Democrats, tell us why this isn’t good for America. Democrats finally found refugees they hate, white people fleeing murder, mayhem, abuse from the South African ...

How was your Mother’s Day?

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Like a lot of folks my age, Mother’s Day is a complicated time. It marks the loss of the person who was always in your corner. No matter how tough the opponent was or how badly beaten emotionally or physically, she had always been there to apply ointments or prepare a bowl of chicken soup. In my case, it was the anniversary of her 2007 surgery, which her strong will carried through all almost dying in the operating room, the way my father had in 2004, three years earlier. Only to lose her two months later to cancer. I traveled to Walmart on Sunday Morning, witnessing ...