The month of June plays a recurring role in my life, which is odd given that my birthday is in July. For example, storied (and sometimes infamous) Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd died on June 28, 2010. In a way, the death of Byrd was the catalyst for meeting Jessica, who would become my ...
In April of 1949, movie goers in Parkersburg had quite a choice of venues 鈥� the Hiehle, Burwell, Parker, the Smoot, Virginia, Strand or the Palace. Just a month later, on May 2, a new, unconventional option became available for movie-goers when the Belpre Open-Air Theater opened. Their ...
It鈥檚 easy to take rising prices and the housing shortage lightly when it gets turned into a punchline on social media, but increasing financial and quality-of-life challenges are hitting West Virginians hard. One way in which the challenges are visible is the increase in homelessness here. ...
I was raised in a section of Pittsburgh, Pa., known as Oakland. Throughout my childhood, an important building was St. Paul鈥檚 Cathedral, an enormous Gothic Revival style Roman Catholic church. It has dozens of large stained glass windows and a monumental Von Beckenrath pipe organ. My family ...
Maurita the Crochet Lady here. This month you can get all tied up making scrunchie hair ties. I use regular worsted weight yarn, H 5.0mm hook, and 鈥渙uchless鈥� hair ties that do not have a metal fastener. The first scrunchie has loops, and the second looks like a rounded star. These can ...
In a previous letter, I stated no one agrees with the U.S. Supreme Court decisions 100% of the time 鈥� a statement I stand by. In a recent Supreme Court 鈥渂ad鈥� decision, the court ruled states could redistrict before the next census (in 2030). Thus, several states 鈥渞ed鈥� and ...
