Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
Jan 12, 2023
Some memories never fade but remain clear and vibrant over the years. Many of these involve rites of passage. For girls this is first physical, then s...
Local Sports, Outdoors
Dec 29, 2022
The year is winding down. But Pennsylvania’s hunting license year isn’t yet halfway through, and there’s plenty of action to be experienced afield in ...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
Oct 06, 2022
You’ve had an exciting morning and hit a nice buck with your bow. You’re shaking like a leaf, and your first natural reaction is to immediately follow...
News, PA State News
Mar 25, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Hunters killed an estimated 376,810 whitetail deer in the 2021-22 seasons, down sharply from the previous hunting-license year, acc...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
Mar 10, 2022
March is the month we desperately hope winter is over. Of course, it isn’t, and every additional snow and cold snap brings our misguided hopes for an ...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
Dec 30, 2021
It’s amazing the skills hunters acquire and take for granted. It’s challenging for non-hunters to even remotely recognize the difficulties involved in...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
Dec 09, 2021
Big bucks are exceedingly skilled at evading hunters. When they’re three and half years of age, they become almost totally nocturnal and expert at sta...
Local Sports, Outdoors
Nov 11, 2021
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series about the author’s eventful archery hunting trip.) I’d traveled to Sewickley to visit Tom, Chri...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
Sep 09, 2021
Archery hunting is rushing upon us and will be here before you can say, “Is it really this Saturday? You’re kidding!” Time is flying by, as it always ...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
Jun 24, 2021
(Editor’s note: This is the last outdoor column written by Roger Sager beforehis death on June 14. His children, Eric Sager and Suzi Marasco, transcri...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Dec 05, 2020
Lake Of The Ozarks, Missouri. This huge lake is known nationally for its great bass fishing, stretching some 92 miles, creating a mind boggling 1,150 ...
Bradford, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Nov 14, 2020
Deer season didn’t seem to be such a long, drawn out affair years ago. Few hunted archery, the camps were full and the great majority of hunters looke...
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
Aug 13, 2020
Right now the bucks are in velvet. Their very presence stirs thoughts of the seasons to come. By the time the bucks begin shedding their velvet, bucks...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Jun 17, 2020
From the time I was just a kid, I’ve always enjoyed hunting stories. The first-hand accounts of the hunting adventures of friends and relatives, wheth...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Mar 23, 2020
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania hunters posted their highest overall deer harvest in 15 years when they took 389,431 deer during the state’s 2019-20 hunting...
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
Dec 12, 2019
Having been a rifle coach for years I quickly realized girls could shoot. Not only could they be taught to shoot very accurately, they were easier to ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 06, 2019
As a somewhat old-fashioned guy, I’m usually all about tradition. And for most of my life, the chief tradition around which my whole year revolved was...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Dec 05, 2019
Mature bucks: they are out there and they can be tough to take. However, for those willing to kick their skills up a notch, you just might find your t...
Bradford, Columns, Outdoors, ...
Nov 23, 2019
The rut begins in October when the air turns crisp and leaves begin to fall. Occasionally, during a full moon on a windless night this time of year yo...
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
Nov 21, 2019
A Saturday opener for the firearms deer season and the possibility of more older bucks throughout the Commonwealth have many Pennsylvanians excited ab...
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...
