December 12 2025

FIRSTS 2:  Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president, was the first sitting U.S. president to ride in an automobile, taking a public ride in a Columbia e...

Dear Heloise: I would like to share an idea I came up with recently — using ID dog tags on horse bridles. It struck me that if a horse gets loose, hav...

DEAR ABBY: As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions. It has increasingly gotten on my mom's nerve...

ST. MARYS - ECC used three double-digit quarters to outscore St. Marys 54-31 Thursday. Leading the Crusaders were Chase Simbeck with 15 points and Jac...

One of the most recognizable names in Penn State's storied history is on his way out. Senior running back Nick Singleton will not play in the Pinstrip...

Smethport’s 2025 fall athlete award winners were honored recently. Back row, from left: Brandon Furgeson (Football: Dave Magee Down Lineman Award); Ca...

OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS The sights and sounds of days gone by will come alive during the annual Old Fashioned Christmas celebration set for 8 a.m. to ...

The gazebo at Veterans Square looked festive in the falling snow Thursday evening, all dressed up for the season.

The Bradford Owls boys basketball will have a Veterans’ Recognition night Dec. 18. The event will include both the JV/Varsity game at Bradford High an...

PORT ALLEGANY — Jett Finch, a senior at Austin Area School District and Seneca Highlands Career and Technical Center, is being recognized as a standou...

HARRISBURG — Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, announced $24,200 in state grants awarded to three area organizations by the Pennsylvania Historical a...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — The U.S. is turning 250 next year, and among its birthday gifts will be newly designed quarters, dimes, and half-dollar coins. On...

COUDERSPORT — In July 2024, a 5-year-old Coudersport boy was rushed to UPMC Cole in cardiac arrest. He was soon flown to Janet Weis Children’s Hospita...

DuBOIS — Penn Highlands DuBois has reached another milestone in patient care. Dr. Richard F. Latuska, a board‑certified gastroenterologist, and his te...

Knowlton’s Personal Fitness captured first place in the inaugural Move McKean Challenge, sponsored by the McKean County Department of Human Services, ...

Nearly 100,000 checks valued at more than $22 million are arriving in mailboxes in the coming days from the Pennsylvania Treasury Department. These ch...

A New Jersey law that permits terminally ill people to seek life-ending drugs applies only to residents of the state and not those from beyond its bor...

WARREN — Snowmobile season will begin at 8 a.m. Sunday in the Allegheny National Forest. Snowmobile trails will remain open until noon March 31. These...

Seneca Highlands Career and Technical Center engineering technology instructor Jason Bishel announced juniors Kinley Setzer, Simon Slade and Andrew Di...

Intense polarization and the alarming rise of partisan political violence has left many Americans wondering about the nation’s trajectory. That’s why ...