The Journal

1 day ago | journal-news.net | Toni Milbourne

RANSON — In a move toward promoting a healthier environment, the City of Ranson will host its first Health & Wellness Fair on Saturday at the Ranson Civic Center.

6 days ago | journal-news.net | Bonnie Jean Feldkamp

Last weekend I visited my aunt and uncle. Their 30-plus acres tucked into the foothills of Appalachia has been my place of refuge for more than 20 years. It's where my husband proposed to me, and it's where we return to again and again with our son. Last weekend, we enjoyed the birds and played in the garden, weeding, mulching and identifying the green sprouts emerging for the season. Two early bachelor's buttons had already bloomed after reseeding from last summer.

6 days ago | journal-news.net | Tom Markland

MARTINSBURG – For almost a year now, Jeanette Jones' food pantry, Planting Many Seeds, has been serving Martinsburg’s community. On Saturday, the organization is hoping to help even more families with a food giveaway. Since she started the food pantry last year out of a space in The Hub Suites on Queen Street in Martinsburg, it's started serving students at North Middle School, in a similar way to the Backpack Program but also working to provide food for the students' families back home.

6 days ago | journal-news.net | Andrew Napolitano

Among the lesser-known holes in the Constitution cut by the Patriot Act of 2001 was the destruction of the “wall” between federal law enforcement and federal spies. The wall was erected in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which statutorily limited all federal domestic spying to that which was authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The wall was intended to prevent law enforcement from accessing and using data gathered by America’s domestic spying agencies.

6 days ago | journal-news.net | Eric Jones

SHENANDOAH JUNCTION — In its two games against Jefferson during the regular season, Washington’s softball team managed just two runs in a pair of losses. During Thursday’s Class AAAA, Region II, Section 2 tournament game, the Patriots managed to match that total by the fourth inning and eventually doubled up that number in a 4-1 victory over the top-seeded Cougars.