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Coaches and teammates came together for the first time Sunday for a Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic with some historic implications. The all-time se...

Methamphetamines can kill. The illegal drugs themselves can be lethal, but it doesn't stop there. The labs are dangerous when they are operating. They...

Traffic fatalities increased significantly nationally and inPennsylvaniain 2021, and more is at play than increased driving as pandemic-induced travel...

There’s something admirable in the consistency of abortion’s most ardent opponents. If a fertilized egg is a full-fledged human life, its destruction ...

The most intriguing politician in the Republican Party is an uncharismatic governor who's trying to make the GOP's culture war appealing to suburban m...

National Police Week allows us to reflect on the heroic work of law enforcement and remember those who have been killed in the line of duty. In McKean...

The 428,000 net new jobs last month in the Labor Department’s report is mildly encouraging since every major industry added workers. But the report al...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — I wrote about Bob Lanier before I ever met him. And considering I first met him when I was 10 years old, that’s probably as go...

In the 2020 election, Republicans enjoyed substantial success in their efforts to demonize Democrats by labeling many as socialists and assailing thos...

Scott Neely and I sat on the hillside overlooking a valley we knew held several big gobblers. Yet, today, the valley was silent. The birds were there,...

What a mistake the war in Ukraine has been. First, it should have never started — President Joe Biden and NATO were weak. When the first tank hit Ukra...

Under rainy skies last Thursday evening in Greensburg, several Pennsylvania politicians continued to indulge the delusion that Donald Trump won the 20...

The United States is in the grips of a fentanyl crisis that doesn’t get nearly the attention it deserves. Yes, it’s important who owns Twitter, and in...

The commentary, “Let Disney be an Example," by National Review editor-in-chief Rich Lowry, in theApril 23 edition of The Era,should be a wakeup call t...

Elon Musk made a big purchase this week. You may have heard. Some billionaires buy yachts, jets or islands. Musk’s vanity purchases venture into uncha...

In attempting to defend the indefensible in a Commonwealth Court trial, state legislative leaders who concocted the demonstrably unfair funding of Pen...

One of the world’s most influential social media platforms will soon be under the private ownership of the world’s richest person. What could possibly...

(TNS) — Cities are not monoliths. They are widely diverse neighborhoods under common governance. Some are poor; some are affluent. Some are old, some ...

Just two days before his team’s trip to Glens Falls — the pinnacle of Allegany-Limestone’s boys basketball season — Andy Maguire had a scare. The A-L ...

Should a family of four, earning $96,000 annually and living in the country illegally, be eligible to receive taxpayer-funded cash gifts totaling $36,...