The Big Ten Conference this week became the first major college athletic conference to say no to fall sports, including football season. “The mental and physical health and welfare of our student-athletes has been at the center of every decision we have made regarding the ability to proceed ...

Thank heaven for those gullible Americans. Let’s hope they never wise up. If they do, we’re out of jobs. One wonders whether that thought crosses the minds of Russian disinformation specialists who have had success sowing dissension in the United States. If not, it should. Many ...

Giving Americans a month less to respond to the 2020 Census may be the most ridiculous proposal to come out of Washington this year. The idea should be discarded. Original plans for the Census called for an Oct. 31 deadline for people to respond to it with information about themselves and ...

Like most other major gatherings this summer, Farmfest was canceled. Instead of thousands of farmers and others interested in agriculture traipsing around the Gillfillan Estate near Morton to look at the latest farming technology and products, and viewing test plots, everyone is staying ...

Kids returning to school Fairmont Area Schools’ leaders spent many hours developing a plan to allow students to return to classrooms this fall, given the COVID-19 pandemic. They also surveyed parents to gauge their thoughts. In the end, Fairmont has chosen in-person learning, a plan ...

In many respects, COVID-19 is all the U.S. health care system can handle, and more. As of Thursday, 159,000 Americans had succumbed to the disease. Though enormous progress has been made since the pandemic first breached U.S. defenses last winter, challenges remain. Among them is processing ...