Typically, I'm full of ideas and creative juices, but I've legitimately sat staring at blank paper for days. How am I supposed to know where I want to be in 12 months when I can't even get to the corner store right now without asking a friend for a favor?

Pharmacy discount cards have become as pervasive to the healthcare model as direct-to-consumer advertising; in fact, we are now receiving advertising for pharmacy discount cards.  People...

We can open pantry after pantry, but that's not going to solve the problem of hunger and food insecurity. What we need to do is recruit those whose mission it is to feed the hungry and get them involved in pushing for policy change. We need to start breaking down the systems that create or perpetuate hunger.

While running for office for a complete year before May 2016, the downtown district was a big focus for many of you because that’s what the Main Street organization’s studies dictated, and voters bought in because, well, it was ugly out there then … but is way worse today.

Recently, the Trump Administration passed a proposed rule change to SNAP (formerly known as "food stamps"), and now nearly 700,000 Americans will have their food assistance taken away due to work requirements.

And I’ve been asked the same again this year, and as a 53-year-old man with a wonderful wife of 25 years and two kind kids, both of whom are adults making valuable contributions to society, what else could a husband and father want?

You caused a lot of people to struggle during your tenure here in Wheeling, and during those 13 years you drove far too many from the Church while abusing your carte blache bishopness to live a lifestyle far, far removed from 99.9 percent of your former congregation.

One day last week, as I sat here holding my cheek and popping ibuprofen like they were Tic Tacs, two other people were on my Facebook page complaining of the same thing: the dreaded toothache.

It was a quick first month, and we would like to thank our readers for visiting, sharing, and liking LEDE on social media. We are confident those numbers will grow, too, because we will hold true to our mission announced at the very beginning.