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Opinion

Season nears its end

Local Columns

It’s hard to believe, but the football season will officially come to an end sometime between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. Sunday night, when the clock finally runs out on Super Bowl LX. And, even though the Steelers saw their season come to an end Jan. 12 with a 30-6 loss to Houston in the wild ...

West program lets memory live

Editorials

Lee West is remembered as well-liked 15-year-old who had a bright future ahead of him, a young man who was willing to share his enthusiasm for life and all of its potential with everyone in the community. An honors student and a multi-sport athlete at Steubenville High School, his life was ...

Anger without answers

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Barry Bardone is at it again, offering another letter built on dishonest claims and exaggerated rhetoric rather than facts or good-faith argument (“Time to stop the insanity,” Feb. 1.) Bardone’s letter follows a familiar formula: Substitute outrage for evidence, smear ...

Snow removal concerns

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: I saw reports about Tuesday’s Steubenville City Council meeting regarding citizens complaining of snow removal, or lack thereof, from sidewalks in the downtown and the city manager’s comments that snow removal from sidewalks is the responsibility of the property owner. ...

Animal cruelty on display

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Weirton has several colonies of community cats — cats that live outdoors, have been neutered or spayed and are cared for by volunteers or store employees. Some of these colonies have been in the same places for a decade or more. Recently, during the cold snaps, someone ...

If you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them

Local Columns

There are some days when the world feels unbearably heavy, days when the headlines seem to blur together and the noise of everyday life makes it hard to hear anything at all. And then, in those rare, quiet moments, the ones where we finally sit still long enough to feel something … a single ...