Ernie Cross
Ernie Cross Jr., 85, of Newell, WV, passed away April 9, 2021.Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Earnest and Elda (Franklin) Cross.Ernie was a retired pottery worker. The co-owner of the former Ernie’s Bar. Ernie…
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Patricia Bailey
Patricia E. “Patty” Bailey, 64 of East Liverpool, passed peacefully at her home while in the loving care of her family on Sunday, April 11, 2021, following a lengthy illness.A daughter of the late Harvey and Lacy Cain, Patty was…
Smith February Lions Scholar for January
Jadyn Smith is the February 2021 Oak Glen High School’s Lion Club Scholar of the month. Jadyn is a member of Oak Glen High School Class of 2021. Jadyn is 18, she is the daughter of Todd and Lisa Smith…
Baskets Donated
Members of the Paris Presbyterian Church made a special delivery at WMC just in time for Easter. Karen Cowan and Joel Peterson, Director of Church Outreach, delivered Easter baskets to nursing departments as a token of appreciation for the work…
Reading Nook by Kirsten Pierce
But we don’t want to get ahead of ourselves. If you’re a procrastinator, we still have both the federal and state tax forms and instruction booklets here for you. Time’s running out, though so you better hurry! We can also…
Reflections by Jeremy Alger
Are you ready to be shocked? You’ve been warned. I am about to type something that you never thought a nice, thoughtful pastor would write.Jesus doesn’t want you to help other people.I’ll wait while you read that again and try…
Our History & Our Heritage By Bill Kiefer
Being somewhat new to this business of writing a newspaper column, I may tend to focus too long on a single subject, or get sidetracked easily. Truthfully, though what I am writing isn’t “news.” I mean it’s not like it…
AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit
…..Not sure if my gullibility (or my knowledge that no idea is too ridiculous to turn into a bill and introduce in the WV Legislature) resulted in me thinking for a moment a bill introduced last week was for real.…
New Cumberland Council Action
**New Cumberland city council passed the second reading of the ordinance which will make improvements to the water sewage system possible.**Approved a 2500 donation to swanky memorial library along with providing new bricks for the circle in Eden Valley**Discussed use…
Deputy Chief Appointed
A City Cleanup is planned to coincide West Virginia Make it Shine Day on May 15. Dustin Lang, chair of the Beautification Committee, has submitted a list of areas to be addressed and is asking for volunteers to assist in…