By Stephen Smoot For almost a quarter of a century, the former Quiet Dell schoolhouse has maintained its status as...

By Stephen Smoot At a school named for an important artifact of Shinnston city history, it was right and appropriate...

A witness of Gospel values amid adversity From L’Osservatore Romano The Catholic Church has played a key role in Papua...

Dave the Valet By Jim Hunt for the News and Journal Over the years, I have had the opportunity to...

By Stephen Smoot   Within the broad and deep category of country and western music comes a subgenre with no...

Opera House rebuilt!   For regular readers who may remember the story behind the photo from February, which showed the...

By Bill Nestor Practice makes perfect and that has been taking place in Shinnston as Lincoln gets set to make...

By Stephen Smoot This week’s edition of Tee it Up took us to the mountains for a trip to Canaan...

Emma L. Williams, 90, of Steubenville, OH, passed away on August 14, 2024. She was born on October 19, 1933,...

Clara B. Paugh, 93, of Shinnston, passed away on August 13, 2024 at United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, WV after...