August 29 2026

Social Security Matters: Will the money run out soon?
Business News, Lifestyle, Lifestyles
By RUSSELL GLOOR 
Aug 28, 2026
DEAR RUSTY: I’m concerned about Social Security running out of funding, since I rely on it for my income and I’m at an age where my having to go back ...
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The fortunes of W.Pa. and its Ohio peers may be reversing
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Aug 28, 2026
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — “I’m sick and tired of losing to friggin’ Ohio!” Thus exclaimed Gov. Josh Shapiro during his 2024 budget address, repeating a refra...
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Combating a rising tide of visa fraud
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SIMON HANKINSON 
Aug 28, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The State Department recently announced it had revoked more than 175,000 visas since President Donald Trump took office. Thanks to ...
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Local oil purchasers increase prices
Business News, Local News
Aug 28, 2026
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Thursday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Pu...
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Former bus driver sentenced to state prison
Crime News, Local News
Aug 27, 2026
SMETHPORT — A former Bradford Area School District bus driver was sentenced Thursday to at least 11 years and four months in state prison for crimes i...
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Trump signs executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America
Nation & World
By SARAH RODERICK-FITCH and BRETT ROWLAND  The Center Square 
Aug 27, 2026
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. The chang...
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Port Allegany gets ‘Ghosted’ in locally produced comedy
Local News
Sara Furlong 
Aug 27, 2026
PORT ALLEGANY — Mischievous ghosts, eccentric paranormal investigators and a small town gripped by supernatural chaos come together in “Ghosted,” a lo...
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Kinzua Heritage Festival
Local News
Aug 25, 2026
Last weekend's Kinzua Heritage Festival held in Russell celebrated Native American culture. Tribal dancing was the highlight, with many children parti...
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