Letters

Stealing lights from Christmas

To the person without a heart: I’m a 97 year-old woman on a fixed income and I live alone. To decorate this Christmas, I...

Issues with overheated accusations

A belated response to Vince Holmes’ Nov. 26 open letter to Wilmington Mayor and City Council:Some of the unnamed people attacked in the letter...

Answers to the refugee crisis

The Syrian problem is part of a worldwide refugee (moved outside your country) and internally displaced people (IDP) problem, of which in 2015 there...

What was ODOT thinking?

What’s up with ODOT? Tuesday when I came home from Beavercreek, US 35 was clear as a bell but US 68 looked like it...

Where is the outrage over this salary?

A Dec. 8, 2015 front-page News Journal article outlined the displeasure a member of the Clinton County Regional Planning Commission had with the amount...

Thankful for Community Care Hospice

Recently my mother, Audrey Claibourne, passed away at the age of 95, a long life for a beautiful lady. Her last week on earth...

Grateful for city’s transit system

In 2013 unfortunately I had to relinquish my driving privileges due to a medical condition that affected my vision. Fortunately, I became acquainted with...

Unwarranted attack on local GOP

James Babb’s letter concerning presidential delegates on Dec. 22 stirred some unwarranted chatter on Tuesday evening.“Many county central committee chairmen, including some in our...

Reason for the season shows

A big thank you to Tim Larrick and Marita Alden for including Christ-centered songs and the manger scene for the Murphy Christmas program this...

GOP ignores voters, presidential candidates

Some popular Republican presidential candidates were down to the wire this month assembling the last of their Ohio delegates. What is holding these campaigns...