Lifestyles
Doug Johnson: Are you an optimist or a pessimist?
There seems to be a lot of bad news in the world today. In fact, it’s enough to…
Opinion
Danny Tyree: Do you trust your significant other?
Cheaters never prosper. But people who expose cheaters make out like bandits. According to USA Today, “loyalty tests”…
Opinion
Jeri Fields: Check status of your benefits claim online
If you applied for Social Security benefits, or have a pending reconsideration or hearing request, you can check…
Opinion
Jim Crawford: Issues fueling anger are not being addressed
Donald Trump may have won the presidency in 2016 by accident, Hillary Clinton’s FBI last minute investigation, and…
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Odds and ends from the region
On Friday, Irontonians got some news they had been waiting for over many years. A groundbreaking took place…
Columnists
Doug Johnson: Pour out to the God of hope and be filled!
If you could ask God for one thing and know that He would give it to you, what…
Lifestyles
Tim Throckmorton: Jesus paid to free us from our cages
It is perhaps a unique interest that I have, but I love to read epitaphs. You know, those…
Opinion
Editorial: Bringing positivity to days of many
Earlier this month, representative from Marshall University visited the Wyngate at RiversEdge in Rome Township, where they took…
Opinion
Jim Crawford: The rest of the story — part two
In his well-received speech before a joint congressional session broadcast nationwide in March 2025, President Donald Trump said…
Opinion
Sky to bring a smile early Friday morning
If you have a major life event to plan, maybe Friday would be a good date for it,…
Opinion
Danny Tyree: Do you spend 138 minutes a day worrying?
Surely I’m not alone in the phenomenon of dutifully paying my credit card bill by the deadline and…
Opinion
Tom Purcell: Scamming sophisticated scammers
A few years ago, my then 70-something mom was targeted by telephone scammers. “Grandma,” said a young man pretending…
Lifestyles
Tim Throckmorton: To whom does your knee bow?
From 1996 until 2011 I was blessed to be the pastor of the Plymouth Heights church of the…
Lifestyles
Doug Johnson: Deep-rooted habits hard to pull away from
One day, an old teacher was taking a walk through a forest with a student by his side.…
Opinion
Jeri Fields: Correcting the record about Social Security Direct Deposit
Recent reports in the media that Social Security plans to eliminate telephone services are inaccurate. SSA is increasing…
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