Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 26, 2025
Memorial Day once was dedicated to the solemn acknowledgments of soldiers who gave all for their countries. Now, the day has morphed into the informal...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 26, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — The first few months of Donald Trump’s nonconsecutive second term as president have been marked by controversial economic init...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 26, 2025
Last month, the security systems designed to protect Gov. Josh Shapiro, his family, and the governor’s official residence in Harrisburg failed. A man ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 23, 2025
Below is an abridged version of a haunting poem by Theodore O'Hara, which can serve as a tribute for Memorial Day. Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 23, 2025
For weeks, Republicans in Congress haggled over cuts to Medicaid, the health care program for the poor. Some lawmakers see an opportunity to offset th...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 23, 2025
Democrats vote for higher taxes, government dependency Republicans on Thursday shepherded President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” through the H...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 23, 2025
The Pennsylvania legislature considered two major changes to the laws that govern how we vote. For several years, Republicans have sought various mean...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 22, 2025
Israel has stepped up its ground campaign in Gaza in an effort to free remaining hostages and to pressure Hamas terrorists to end the futile war they ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 22, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — The wise minds at Moody’s Investors Service finally acknowledged last week what the other two main credit rating agencies did years a...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 22, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Americans' electricity bills tend to tick up each year in line with inflation. But upgrades to electric wires, reinforcing and prote...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 21, 2025
Even before Joe Biden’s diagnosis of prostate cancer, made public on Sunday, we were uncomfortable with the post-facto dissections of the events leadi...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 21, 2025
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) stands alone in purpose and scale — tasked with caring for millions who've served. For all its significance, t...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 21, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — I’ve often railed at Democrats’ failure to revamp federal immigration law during the two years President Joe Biden enjoyed a Democr...
Articles, Local News, News, ...
May 21, 2025
Even before Joe Biden’s diagnosis of prostate cancer, made public on Sunday, we were uncomfortable with the post-facto dissections of the events leadi...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 20, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — One of the first and most promising uses scientists envision for the rapidly evolving technology of quantum computing is a new approa...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 20, 2025
The U.S. Army plans to spend between $25 million and $45 million on a parade in Washington D.C., and that’s just the start of the expense. The dollar ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 20, 2025
The dispersed shot-pattern of President Trump’s approval ratings proves he’s still confounding pollsters. For weeks, and especially since Trump’s anno...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 19, 2025
OK, this is my first ever letter to the editor. Anyone who knows me knows that I am never at a loss for words. And as I get older, I have also become ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 19, 2025
Politics isn’t for the faint-hearted, but the recent attacks on Sen. John Fetterman have been particularly ruthless. Fetterman, a former lieutenant go...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 19, 2025
HARRISBURG — It was a busy week last week on the Pennsylvania House floor. With all eyes on major legislative priorities like voting reform and mariju...
Local Sports
June 21, 2025
(TNS) —The Penguins on Friday announced Dan Muse's first coaching staff in Pittsburgh. Nick Bonino is a name most Penguins fans will know. He just hun...
Local Sports
June 21, 2025
ST. MARYS — Clean, smart baseball carried Bradford Regional Little League (BRLL) Major Baseball All-Stars to a 3-2 victory over St. Marys in both team...
Nation & World, PA State News
June 21, 2025
GARDNERS (AP) — Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles (11 kilometers) through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a ...
Lifestyles
June 21, 2025
Dear Heloise: I am writing on the topic of donating yearbooks as a former board member of a local historical society. Please advise your readers to co...
Lifestyles
June 21, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I was once a stay-at-home wife. I did all the cooking, housekeeping, etc. Due to a downturn in the industry where my husband was a highly p...
Round the Square
June 21, 2025
WORDS: Once upon a time, a spinster was a woman who spun thread for a living, a villain was a farmhand or peasant and "nice" meant foolish or gullible...
