Baseball, Columns, Local Sports
Jul 14, 2021
He signed with the New York Yankees in 1951, spending his first professional season, at age 19, with the club’s Class D affiliate in … Olean, N.Y. And...
Columns, Football, High School, ...
Jun 28, 2021
BROCKWAY — The Frank Varischetti All-Star Game is played as an exhibition. It’s been that way since the game’s first edition. As is the case with most...
Football, High School, Local Sports
Jun 25, 2021
BROCKWAY — Last year’s Frank Varischetti All-Star game welcomed back high school sports in Western Pennsylvania. The game, which was played in August ...
Football, High School, Local Sports, ...
May 22, 2021
PORT ALLEGANY — This year’s Father’s Day will be nothing short of a dream come true for Port Allegany’s football coaches. Head coach Justin Bienkowski...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Jun 29, 2020
My mind started writing this column last Tuesday when the Kensington Lions Club announced the cancellation of its annual All-Star Football Classic. Th...
High School, Local Sports, Sports
Mar 21, 2020
They’re the premier events for top athletes and sports fans from our area every spring and summer. But now — just like nearly every other social happe...
Big 30, Columns, Football, ...
Aug 04, 2018
He says it’s circumstantial, but Todd Silfies is enjoying the final chapter of his temporary exit as a high school football coach. Silfies, 34, resign...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 04, 2017
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth of a four-part series on the units that will participate in Saturday night’s 44th annual Big 30 All-Star Charities ...
Nation & World, PA State News
June 15, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
June 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
June 14, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
