FLOOD…..It’s Sunday and the sun is shining and I’m sitting looking out my window in Veteran’s Blvd. and a flood seems a million miles away. But, on Friday morning when I drove down to my late sister’s house to check where the water was the…
…..The Bill which wiped out some of the exemptions for childhood vaccines passed on the last day of the session. Was amended in the Senate to remove the exemption for a parent simply writing a letter. The Chairman of the Senate Health & Human Resource…
………We all remember where we were when the news came down that National Steel was going to divest Weirton Steel and leave us with only 900 employees. That was when there was a mighty tin can and Weirton Steel was the largest employer in the…
The filing period is over for the 2024 election and the candidates are off and running. Those candidates who have competition that is…..and that was reduced by one race this week. Jon Phillips, a former Weirton policeman, had filed to run against incumbent Ralph Fletcher…
Mr. Ron Vechis Pres & CEO CITIBANK COSTCO PBOX 790046 St. Louis, MO 63179 Dear Sir: I write to address your monthly correspondence from Citicard Costco to my late husband, William Kiefer, regarding his delinquent membership fee and now the late charges on that. By…
.Many years ago when I worked at THE COURIER I did a monthly column entitled ‘HOMETOWN HEARTBEAT’. Schmaltzy, huh? But, not to me! I wrote about individuals whom I viewed as the very heartbeat of a small town. These individuals had their on the pulse…
…..The lull is over and things are happening in Hancock County and in Charleston. If you’re going to throw your hat into the ring for political office this week is the week to do it. Filing for office ends the 27. If you’re filing by…
……The announcement that Jeff Davis is retiring from the political realm and not filing as a candidate for re-election as Commissioner from Grant District came as a surprise to many. There are just some office holders you think will always be there if for no…
……I feel like my head is full of random thoughts and questions, so I’m sharing them with you. My good friend, the late Hugh Tate, used to do a column “Things I know, see or hear” full of observations. Hugh was one of the best…