Community Joins Together for Back to School Bash

North 6th Street was the place to be for parents and students in Steubenville on August 17 when the Urban Mission hosted the community’s Back to School Bash. The hundreds of families that lined up hours before the bash began were treated to a special performance by the Steubenville High School marching band to kick [...]

Movie review: The Glass Castle

"As Leo Tolstoy said in his oft-quoted opening lines of Anna Karenina: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Most families don’t spend much time wondering if they’re happy or not, and most children assume that they are growing up in a typical family until their worldview expands [...]

It Feels Like Home to Me

By Emily Sheetz* “It’s a big, big house with lots and lots of rooms. A big, big table with lots and lots of food. A big, big yard where we can play football. A big, big house. It’s my Father’s house.” Lyrics from Big House by Audio Adrenaline This song is one of my favorites [...]