Remembering the ‘Reason for the Season’
Trust and love: Weapons against teen suicide
Remembering Pearl Harbor
Silver Bridge Memorial Mural dedication set
Bend Area C.A.R.E. Christmas Concert returns
Latest Updates
- Gingerbread house fun at MCCC - 5:32 pm
- Remembering ‘the 46’…Silver Bridge remembrance ceremony Saturday - 4:58 pm
- Rio education students host food drive - 4:21 pm
- Annual Christmas Gala returns Thursday - 5:24 pm
- Celebrating the holiday home tour - 4:35 pm
- Point Council recognizes PPHS football: Sallaz appointed to serve in first ward - 4:24 pm
- Williams keynotes MCCF 2018 Benefit Dinner - 4:17 pm
- Ohio History Day comes to Rio - 3:16 pm
- Runners wrap 2018 series, prepare for 2019 - 2:24 pm
- PPHS receives ‘Safe Sports School’ award - 1:43 pm
- Local students nearing fundraising goal - 6:04 pm
- PVH awarded Joint Commission accreditation for New Swing Bed Program - 2:02 pm updated: 4:01 pm.
- Remembering the ‘Reason for the Season’ - 12:34 pm
- Bend Area Christmas Parades - 10:54 am
- Farm museum lights open now until Dec.16 - 6:57 pm
- Giving warmth to those in need - 4:01 pm
- Remembering Pearl Harbor - 3:57 pm
- Guyan Creek Bridge closed Monday and Tuesday - 3:46 pm
- Mason County Memories: Our First State Historian - 12:59 pm
- First aid stations available for area organizations - 10:13 am
- Improvements coming to parking area near ball field - 9:28 am
- Let there be country-style Christmas lights - 8:20 pm
- Christmas food basket tradition continues - 5:18 pm
- Constellium sent to arbitration over health coverage clash - 3:51 pm updated: 5:09 pm.
- Board of Education approves agenda items - 3:28 pm
NEWS
PPHS receives ‘Safe Sports School’ award
POINT PLEASANT — Point Pleasant High School (PPHS) is the recipient of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Safe Sports Scho...
Local students nearing fundraising goal
POINT PLEASANT — Students at the Mason County Career Center (MCCC) have been working hard since November to reach their food drive fundraising g...
PVH awarded Joint Commission accreditation for New Swing Bed Program
POINT PLEASANT — Pleasant Valley Hospital announced it received accreditation from The Joint Commission to add a swing bed post-acute rehabilita...
December 10th, 2018 updated: December 10th, 2018. |
Remembering the ‘Reason for the Season’
BEND AREA — What a difference a week makes.After the town leadership in both New Haven and Mason decided to postpone Christmas parades from Dec....
Bend Area Christmas Parades
Ornaments, candy canes, cookies, stockings and stuffed animals were all gifts from Santa at the Mason Town Hall following the Christmas parades in the...
Farm museum lights open now until Dec.16
POINT PLEASANT — Local residents and those from surrounding areas will now be able to enjoy a festive night out at a country styled winter wonde...
SPORTS
Eagles roll past South Gallia, 60-47
TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Wrong sport, but it was still a big run up the middle.The Eastern boys basketball team used a 34-18 surge in the second a...
Lady Spartans knock off Meigs, 56-38
ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — More than just a bruised ego.Visiting Alexander matched a physical style of play with a 17-6 third quarter surge that all bu...
Rebels 3rd at Paul Blazer meet
ASHLAND, Ky. — Good things come in threes.The South Gallia wrestling program came away three individual champions and third place overall on Sat...
Lady Hornets sting Gallia Academy, 58-28
COAL GROVE, Ohio — A case of the Mondays.The Gallia Academy girls basketball team suffered its third straight setback on Monday in Lawrence Coun...
Wahama wallops Lady Tornadoes, 64-28
RACINE, Ohio — Once the Lady Falcons broke through, there was no slowing them down.Visiting Wahama broke the scoreless tie 2:52 into Monday̵...
LIFE
Ribbon cutting for new Dollar General
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Dollar General’s newest store at 7809 Ripley Road in Point Pleasant is now open.Dollar General will celebrate the ...
Swain named to NSBA Leadership Council
GALLIPOLIS — Scott Swain, TCS Forestry, Gallipolis, was recently named to the National Small Business Association (NSBA) Leadership Council.NSBA...
Students at PPPS participate in ‘Colonial Days’ activities
Rob Jarrell sharing some of his talents with PPPS students.Some of the staff celebrated colonial days by dressing in period clothing, including some o...
Scenes from Mason County Family Christmas
Over the weekend, the annual Mason County Family Christmas was held at the old Central Elementary School. Guests at the event were able to participate...
PPPS celebrates bus safety week
Point Pleasant Primary School’s staff and students recently celebrated bus safety week with a visit from two of the school’s bus driver fr...
Kapp named grand prize winner
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OPINION
Search the Scriptures: God’s Exhortation to You
It is highly recommended, when studying the Bible, that the diligent student pays close attention to the context of any given passage, duly noting who...
A Hunger for More: Celebrating hope, joy and peace
The black velvet of night’s shadows swathes the little town in a quiet embrace. Occasionally, were one to simply listen, all that can be heard a...
God’s Kids Korner: Our true hero
I’m sure you have thought about and seen heroes on television or in the movies. You, like me, probably think of a hero as someone who is bigger,...
Teen testimony: It’s okay to not be okay
It’s a Tuesday night. I’m writing to you from college. It’s finals week. I can’t begin to tell you how thankful I am to know t...
The dish on missing dish tops
Thanksgiving is but a faint taste of pumpkin pie. The cooking is finished, the dishes are washed, the pants are tight…three signs of culinary ac...
Reality meets perception
It seems to me that every so often we are reminded of a fairy tale by something that occurs in real life. For example, we sometimes hear of a “C...
