Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Jan 11, 2020
Well, it’s that time of year when we look back at the past and forward to the future. You may wonder how this practice began. Believe it or not, the a...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Dec 28, 2019
Well, Christmas is over. Soon it’s going to be 2020 and despite past dire predictions from science fiction writers and movie producers we’re still han...
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
Jun 29, 2019
The big Tom gobbled on the roost while it was still dark, and I slid in closer. It slowly grew lighter and the turkey continued to gobble — in fact, h...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Jun 08, 2019
My turkey hunting partner, Scott Neely, and I were talking the other day. We hadn’t seen a single hunter in close to two weeks. The only tire tracks o...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
May 25, 2019
The human mind is a curious thing. Capable of astonishing accomplishments, it is also sometimes stubbornly inflexible. Many times, once a belief is fi...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
May 23, 2019
When it comes to hunting spring turkeys, birds will be taken every day of the season. However it’s hard to agree with that statement if you’ve been hu...
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
May 09, 2019
It seems like it happens to turkey hunters every spring. Midway through and toward the end of gobbler season the birds just seem to go quiet. It’s fru...
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
May 02, 2019
For decades, spring gobbler hunters have sought out the biggest and the best. Early on the 12 gauge up to the 10 gauge with powerful shot shells to ma...
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
Apr 27, 2019
Anyone who has read my columns on turkey hunting knows my feelings on the subject; spring gobbler hunting can be a long, drawn out torture! Many suffe...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Jun 14, 2018
The odds were against her. After all, at the very least she had to survive nesting on the ground and grow to maturity roaming the fields and forest un...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Jun 02, 2018
I’d climbed into the truck as if drugged. I felt totally, completely, drained; just stepping up into the truck was an effort and all that seemed to ma...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
May 26, 2018
Turkey hunters like to think of themselves as being the real deal. Smart, savvy, ready to deal with the wily turkey and pull victory from defeat. Yes,...
Columns, National Sports, Outdoors, ...
May 24, 2018
From one year to the next a small percentage of hunters have questioned the opening date for hunting gobblers. Some believe the PA season should be op...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
May 12, 2018
The sky lightened, the temperature a chilly 39 degrees, unheard of in Missouri the third week of April. But this was a cold, late spring indeed. The c...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Apr 28, 2018
It’s not surprising how the human mind is affected by all of the humiliating jokes and teases we’ve suffered from others over the years. Unfortunately...
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
Apr 19, 2018
For many, restraint can be difficult to control. After all, when you call to a gobbler and he answers, there is a degree of heightened expectation. At...
Columns, Outdoors
Oct 21, 2017
The darkness slowly melted away, the trees grew solid, then the larger branches became visible and finally the smaller. The skyline glow became strong...
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
May 27, 2017
It’s been a long hard and difficult season for the great majority of the long suffering gobbler hunters. Perhaps a sweeping epidemic of extreme laryng...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
May 05, 2017
Joe Paulik’s knee was a mess. Two tendons and the meniscus in his knee were torn and the pain of walking was severe. Still, Saturday was the first day...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Apr 28, 2017
Man, can you believe spring gobbler is upon us once again? It seems to take forever for trout season to finally roll around and break winter’s deadloc...
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...
