If you don’t have a garage or a remote starter, you need to let your vehicle run for a while to warm up and defrost the windows. So, sometimes when it is really cold and icy, it makes sense to go back in the house to wait and stay warm. In some states, the police […]

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Many of you who regularly read our blogs may know that over the course of the last year and a half, due to the encouragement of my daughter, Aleigha, I have done some acting at the Towngate Theatre. We have experienced what many mother-daughter duos never have the opportunity to enjoy together.  We have acted […]

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I woke up one recent morning to hear that the Buffalo Bills had announced the hiring of the first female coach for their special teams. This comes on the heels of having our first female referee in the league. What a huge step for the Bills to take.  It shows people around the world that […]

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As I am sure most people reading this are aware, there was an intense and physical football game recently played between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals. Pittsburgh’s star receiver, Antonio Brown, was ruled out against the Denver Broncos due to a vicious hit he took from a Cincinnati player named Vontaze Burfict.  Burfict is […]

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From age five, sports were basically my life. If I wasn’t playing basketball, kickball or running bases outside with the kids who lived on my street, you would find me in a gym practicing. I grew up around my older sisters playing numerous sports and with a dad who was a sports fanatic. I played […]

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It takes a lot to get me to the movie theater these days. One thing that will always do the trick, though, is a new James Bond movie.  I’ve always been a big fan of the 007 franchise, and the character of James Bond has to be one of the most intriguing and enduring characters […]

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In college I majored in English literature and, as a result, I own a lot of books. Each time I’ve moved in the 10 years since I graduated, I’ve gone through the extended and exhausting process of packing and unpacking several bookcases’ worth of books. I don’t necessarily treat them all that well – I’ve […]

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Chase Harler is a lot of things to a lot of people- son, brother, pupil, teammate, but to one little boy he is a hero. Chase Harler is a senior at Wheeling Central who is breaking scoring records and excelling on and off the court. He has already signed to play basketball at Division I […]

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There may be situations in which a person thinks that maybe they have a legal case, but are not sure, and call a lawyer’s office to ask for help in determining whether or not they have any claims they could pursue, and if so, how to pursue them. Sometimes a person may feel strongly that […]

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This past week, we saw all over social media and the news that a K-9 officer was killed in the state of Ohio. Most people are saddened by a loss of any officer, but when it’s a K-9 officer, the emotions are so different.  These (four-legged) officers go first to clear the way for their […]

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