Creating laws simply to deal with a specific situation — particularly when remedies to that situation already exist — is poor governance. It was appropriate then that Wheeling City Council held off this past week on an ordinance that would have outlawed the feeding of feral ...

- To the student thespians, musicians, artists and others that took part recently at Wheeling Park High School’s Celebration of the Arts. The event showcased some of the exceptional talent at Wheeling Park High School and how instructors are helping that talent to grow. - To the West ...

One is tempted to wonder who in the motorcycle insurance industry got hold of state lawmakers this year, after discussion of a couple of motorcycle-related ideas in the House of Delegates. House Bill 2752 has actually been dubbed a “freedom from leg cramps bill” by state Delegate Chris ...

It’s not often high school students find themselves on the front lines of preserving a species. But that’s happening right now at Indian Creek High School in Jefferson County where a team is working with others throughout Ohio in an effort to help save the endangered Eastern Hellbender ...

Though a recent SmileHub study placed Ohio as seventh-worst in the nation for protecting wildlife — using 17 metrics that included data on things like the number of animal and environmental protection agencies per capita — the Buckeye State must be doing something right. Flora and fauna ...

The people of Martins Ferry and Belmont County deserve answers — or at least a public acknowledgment of what went wrong — from Dr. John Johnson. The founder and CEO of Access Ohio, one of the state’s largest independent behavioral health centers, was visible and active with the local ...