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SZYMANSKI RECEIVES AWARD Jaimee Szymanski, MS, CCC-SLP was recently awarded the Distinguished Early Career Professional Certificate by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. This honor is given to professionals who have made an impact in leadership, volunteering, or advocacy at the local, state, and/or national level early in their career. Jaimee just celebrated her third year in private practice. She has been able to help and diagnose clients from seven states, educate teachers – as well as future educators at local colleges, raise community awareness, and advocate for her kids – all while pursuing her PhD. She was also selected a 2021 Healthcare Hero and WV Wonder Woman by WV Living Magazine. Her private practice  – Dynamic Dyslexia & Speech is located in Weirton.Y

WMC WELCOMES BABY NEW YEAR

At 4:47 am, January 1, 2023, little Zaniya Brynn Jenkins entered the world at WMC. Mom Monica Wilson and dad Rashaun Jenkins of Steubenville were watching the Ohio State game when mom went into labor.  With four hours, Zaniya arrived weighing 6 lbs., 9 oz.…

OP-ED FROM SENATE PRES. BLAIR

Freedom of the Press Still Matters to Some of Us There’s an old saying that goes, “with great freedom comes great responsibility.” In my mind, one of the best examples of that phrase is the relationship between the government and the media. It’s an adversarial…

AND THEN AGAIN……by Tamara Pettit

 Widow….I’ve defined myself many ways in my lifetime:   spoiled princess daughter, rebellious teenage  daughter; devoted, loving daughter; , novice mother with no idea how to raise two kids, but proud mamma who must have either  figured it out or those kids took pity on me. …

AND THEN AGAIN……..BY Tamara Pettit

Things I want to say this Christmas and there’s no one left to remember these Christmas memories with me.  They are not your favorite traditional “Oh so Nice’ “the snow is falling” memories, but the memories which much like the famed Christmas story that Ralphie…

HALE LIONS DECEMBER SCHOLAR OF THE MONTH

Caraline Hale, 18, daughter of John and Beth Hale and sister of Samantha and Cierra Hale of New Manchester, is Oak Glen High School’s Lions Scholar of the Month for December 2022. She has an accumulative GPA of 3.958 Caraline was elected Senior Vice President.…

AND THEN AGAIN…..by Tamara Pettit

Death seems especially cruel when it comes calling during Christmas time.  It seems so unfair that the loss of a loved one would intrude into joyous memories and bright lights.   But this Christmas it did.  It was not as if death swooped up out of…