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Remember what we’re working for

No longer the precursor to the start of the school year for most students, Labor Day weekend now serves as the first three-day weekend break. Kids and their parents get one more chance to take it a bit easy before the grind of the fall semester and all its activities starts to take its toll. There will be sales and parades, backyard barbecues (maybe not everyone has closed their pools just yet?) and even a few ceremonies in which folks gather to remember the true purpose of the holiday: We owe the success of this country not to the politicians who want all the control and credit, but to ...

For many spiritual seekers, author Wendell Berry was a fellow pilgrim and contrarian

For Kentucky author Wendell Berry, the environmental crisis he lamented to such great effect in his essays, poetry and fiction was also a human crisis — a deeply spiritual one. Berry, who died Monday at home at age 92, drew that connection in poignant writings across many decades. "Persons cannot be whole alone," Berry wrote in "The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture," his classic 1977 work. "It is wrong to think that bodily health is compatible with spiritual confusion or cultural disorder, or with polluted air and water or impoverished soil." While Berry inspired ...

Tigers hold on to beat Warriors, 1-0

VINCENT — Warren keeper Sydney Brothers turned away a baker’s dozen shots in goal on a hot Thursday night, but it wasn’t enough as Marietta swept the season series following a 1-0 win. The Tigers of head coach Bill Mannix came out firing, but their first two shots weren’t on ...

Pioneers beat Westminster in Hinkle’s debut

Antwon Johnson didn’t get the start at quarterback, but the senior from Monaca, Pa., put his best foot forward and found a way to make an impact in Marietta College’s season opener. Johnson, who began the 2025 campaign as the Pioneers’ starting QB before suffering a season-ending ...

Solich refuses to choose sides in Ohio-Nebraska game

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Frank Solich has a big decision to make before he leaves the house to go to Memorial Stadium for Nebraska's opener against Ohio on Saturday. "I've been thinking about what to wear," he said with a laugh Thursday. He's already ruled out red or green, the school colors ...

Local Calendar

Saturday, Sept. 5 College football: Ball State at Ohio State, 12:30 p.m.; Coastal Carolina at WVU, noon; Ohio at Nebraska, noon; Marshall at Penn State, 3:30 p.m. High school cross country: Parkersburg South at Cabell Midland; St. Marys at Lebanon Running Warrior Invitational, 8 a.m.; Warren’s Scenic Hills Invite, 9 a.m. High school volleyball: Waterford at Alexander; Wheeling Park at Parkersburg South, 9 a.m. High school boys soccer: Weir at Williamstown, 12:30 p.m.; Parkersburg Catholic at Oak Glen 1 p.m.; Fairfield Union at Marietta, 7 p.m. High school girls soccer: ...