I was really looking forward to a relaxing weekend on the lake. Those happy thoughts all went out the window when I received a text message from Erica Whitney Thursday[Read More…]

This column is a sad one… our newspaper family has to say good bye to Fernando Rodriguez who passed away over the weekend. Long-time readers have enjoyed countless writings by[Read More…]

Jeanine and I spent Thursday, Friday and part of Saturday in Charleston at the West Virginia Press Association Convention. I always return from these events with a renewed interest in[Read More…]

Finally, after talking about it for weeks, Jeanine and I are very pleased to announce the birth of our first great granddaughter. She missed my last deadline, but not by[Read More…]

As I write this, we listen for the phone to ring. Hopefully the good news will be that MyKenna has made her appearance. As noted in this space last week,[Read More…]

Well, an already turbulent political world got kicked up a notch with President Biden’s announcement this weekend that he is ending his campaign for reelection. Like many, I have been[Read More…]

My email has been blowing up since I arrived at work today (Monday) with statements concerning the shooting incident in Butler, PA yesterday. It is undoubtedly a tragedy, which certainly[Read More…]

The 4th of July holiday was a bit long for me. While our staff worked diligently covering the Commission meeting on Friday and the host of activities around the county,[Read More…]