Round the Square
Apr 15, 2022
GOOD FRIDAY . The Friday before Easter, Good Friday has arrived. Good Friday is the day on which Christians annually observe and reflect upon the comm...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 11, 2022
For the relative few paying attention, it seems impossible to keep up with the violence against Christians happening in Nigeria. A priest is killed; p...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 20, 2022
Who are we as a nation? While the answer may lead to policy debates, a serious consideration of who and what we are about is critical to getting out o...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 27, 2021
Christmas is a season, not just a day. And it only begins on Dec. 25. The Rockefeller Center tree and elves on shelves and all the rest can be deceivi...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 21, 2021
Imagine knowing that the very act of going to a religious service would likely result in violence and death. In Nigeria, churches have been sent warni...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 10, 2021
On Friday, Pope Francis did something entirely new: he became the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church ever to visit Iraq. And he did so with a m...
Local News
Jul 19, 2019
ALLEGANY, N.Y. — As Ward Near and his wife, Nancy, looked out the window of their modern hotel room in Tiberius, they could see an ancient abandoned m...
Local News, News
Mar 01, 2019
The Church of the Ascension will be offering Ashes to Go in Veterans Square from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. The service is for those who wish to r...
Entertainment, Lifestyles
Sep 11, 2018
The Gethsemane Lutheran Church of Port Allegany has presented Caroline Wise, Port Allegany High School Class of 2018, a check in the amount of $2,000 ...
Entertainment, Lifestyles
Feb 25, 2017
The Church of the Ascension will be observing Ash Wednesday on March 1 with several happenings. For the fifth year, the church will offer Ashes to Go ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 25, 2017
WASHINGTON — One of the main reasons that Donald Trump gets greeted by "Hail to the Chief" is the particularly loyal support of white evangelical vote...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 22, 2016
WASHINGTON — Among the disappointments of the 2016 election, the close identification of many evangelicals with a right-wing populism has been the mos...
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...
