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So what do we make of the Bills’ last-second 28-25 victory over the Lions on Thanksgiving afternoon at Detroit’s Ford Field. To be sure, it was critic...

I’m a fortunate individual, born into a good family with decent moral values and an appreciation of the family unit as not only a sacred trust, but as...

Think back five years to the frenzy of news reporting and commentary over what was called Trump-Russia "collusion" — the allegation that the 2016 Trum...

The political climate in the United States nears an instability unwitnessed by anyone alive today. We hear calls for revolution across the political s...

BALTIMORE, Md. (TNS) — In 1957, the decade-old Centers for Disease Control prohibited individuals under 21 from receiving vaccines during the major in...

When President Joe Biden screws up, he deserves to be called out just like any other American president. He had already generated considerable controv...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Seven days. That’s how much time the American people were given to rest and recollect between the 2022 midterm elections and the fi...

It’s a beautiful day when one of the world’s biggest rock stars talks about the benefits of capitalism. Global icon Bono is known for both his music a...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — It was exactly the kind of game the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team needed. Individually, a handful of players seemed to...

Ornaments already are dangling from the table-top and pre-lit trees at Perry Floral and Gift. Up too are twinkling holiday lights. Tucked under the gr...

A cold November sun crawled lethargically above the leafless, ridge top. Oak and maple trunks presented stark; black silhouettes sharply etched agains...

I'm from St. Marys and we subscribe to The Bradford Era. I've been reading about what they have done to your hospital. I can't believe a town like Bra...

American Education Week is Nov. 14-18. Every year, right before Thanksgiving, we take time as a nation to celebrate our public schools and to say than...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The confusion was understandable. A year ago, Malek Green was the leading scorer for a Canisus men’s basketball team that St. Bonavent...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — With an entirely new team, there are any number of takes that one could make from the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team’s ...

People well-versed in any subject are interesting to talk to, but a fanatic, to me, is simply irresistible. Fanatics become dynamic, larger than life....

We're less than a week away from the midterm elections, the first opportunity since the more-or-less end of the pandemic for voters to pass judgment o...

There are five rights in the First Amendment. Most people can’t name one, very few can name all five: Freedom of Speech; Freedom of Religion; Freedom ...

I met a nice gentleman the other day and we began talking about deer and deer hunting, especially bucks and how cagey they can become. He told me an i...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — In the 17 years following Buffalo’s galling Music City Miracle loss after the 1999 season, never once did the Bills again make th...