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Stay Safe From Skin Cancer During Summer

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month and it’s a perfect time to get to know some important facts about skin cancer before summer vacations, hitting the beaches and outdoor fun. Melanoma is the deadliest of skin cancers and will account for approximately 7,600 deaths in 2022. But more ...

Marshall Memo: Preparing for Soap Box Derby; Marx Toys; and Class Reunions

Soap Box Derby events will be taking place next Saturday in Moundsville at 10 a.m., sponsored by the Ohio Valley Association. Activities will get underway on eastern 8th Street (1500 Block) with at least 28 participants — 10 more than those participating last year. During the past year, ...

Decision Time Is Tuesday in West Virginia

It is the eve of the 2022 party primaries, and I can only imagine you are getting tired of me writing about the 2nd Congressional District Republican race between Reps. David McKinley and Alex Mooney.Don't worry, the whole thing is almost over. But it is the biggest race on the ballot this ...

Council Listened When It Came to Parental Rights

In recent commentaries published in the Sunday News-Register, my esteemed colleague, the Rev. Erica Harley, and Mr. Andrew Schneider state that I oppose a conversion therapy ban that has now been passed by the Wheeling City Council. They are not correct. What I found problems with was an ...

Love and Respect Your Mother, Each and Every Day

I am not ashamed to admit it, I was a mama’s boy. I love my dad, but my heart belonged to my mother. I know some men may have just lost respect for me, saying I was a mama’s boy, but I am not ashamed. For almost 10 years of my life, I was an only child. My mother had been told as a ...