Op/Ed: Killing Without Guns
When firearms are not accessible, individuals kill with knives, swords, arrows, hammers, hatchets, shovels, or other weapons without gun powder. Any tool can become...
When Humanity is Held Hostage
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Melissa Martin, Ph.D, is an author, columnist, educator, and therapist. She will be a regular contributor to the Meigs Independent Press Op/Ed page.)It...
In the Open: Bend Area experiences first Facebook Flood
Like many people I was wondering when we were going to notice climate change. I just didn’t expect it to all happen during a...
Hometown City Girl: High Hopes for 2018
With it being the start of a new year I figured now was a good time to reflect on what has happened to me...
Our Meigs County Home: Being Thankful
(Our Meigs County Home is a new weekly column written by the owner and journalist of the Meigs Independent Press, Carrie Gloeckner.) It had been...
Letter to the Editor: Vote ‘Yes’ on Issue 1, Crime Victim’s...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Marsy’s Law on the ballot is listed as Issue 1.Dear Editor,Since 1978, the members of Ohio Victim Witness Association (OVWA) have seen...
Letter to the Editor: Voters asked to vote ‘yes’ on Sunday...
Letter to Editor,Tuesday November 7 is Election Day. There wil be an issue on the ballot to ask the voters in Pomeroy, Precint 1...
Editorial: Dear Gov. Kasich, We Are Still Here
Typically, I refrain from writing editorials, however, I can’t be quiet on this particularly topic.Growing up in Meigs County, Ohio and living in either...
Twilight – the coolest time of day
Twilight is a magic time, that time between dawn and sunrise and after sunset to dusk, but how much do you really know about...
Thoughts from Adam: the problem with ‘yes’
I think I have a problem.There’s a word I have been saying for the past few years that keeps getting me into trouble. Now,...
Recycling is easy in Meigs, Gallia Counties
It seems hard to believe but there are still people around here that don’t know recycling is available in Meigs and Gallia counties.In both...
Thoughts from Adam
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Thoughts from Adam is new regular Sunday column.)Abraham Lincoln once famously said, “Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.” Ol’ Abe...
Reflection on MLK and the Civil Rights Movement: Because of him...
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following was originally published in the Meigs Independent Press for the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have...
Letter to the Editor: Call that ‘America strengthen the spine of...
The following is a Letter to the Editor, submitted to meigsindypress@gmail.com.
The Meigs Independent Press editorial staff publishes these submissions, at our discretion, to...
Rob Portman: At the speed of science
By Rob Portman, Senator from OhioThe advances made by the scientific and medical communities over the past few decades have been incredible. In just...
