Breaking News
July 31, 2025
The U.S. National Weather Service announced this morning that thunderstorms with especially heavy rain are possible this afternoon and evening. The he...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 21, 2024
I have a confession when it comes to the culture war our society is mired in: I consider myself a pacifist on this front. As the battles rage on betwe...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 10, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Rep. Kevin McCarthy won his 15th bid to become speaker of the House, but only at great cost. To win the votes he needed to secure t...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 05, 2022
Billy Joel wasn’t talking about Pennsylvania politicians and their assorted supplicants and benefactors when he crooned that “some folks like to get a...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 04, 2022
It’s happened to all of us: The holidays are here before you know it, and you’re scrambling for that last-minute gift. Maybe you procrastinated, but a...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 02, 2022
Donald Trump’s allies praised him for his discipline during his announcement speech, when he mostly stuck to the script as written by his staff. Then,...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 18, 2022
The goal of QAnon is to destroy the United States from within by creating chaos and dissension among Americans. Who is behind QAnon? Is it foreign int...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 04, 2022
Musicians regularly oil their instruments' valves to reduce friction and ease play — much as private interests regularly oil some state politicians fo...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 18, 2022
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — The biggest issue in the 2022 election might be the fact that we haven’t moved on from the last one. We’re still living in the...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 03, 2022
There’s a reason people repeat the adage that “half a loaf is better than none,” coined in 1546 in John Heywood’s collection of English proverbs. It i...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 21, 2022
You’d think they’d be ashamed, these self-infatuated pundits and tin horn politicians who made bogus pronouncements on Fox News and elsewhere about th...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 20, 2022
Given the state’s political structure, it’s natural to think of the Legislature in terms of the major political parties. But that’s just part of the s...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 10, 2022
Joe Biden has rarely seemed as fully 79 years old as he did sitting down with Jimmy Kimmel for a late-night interview that was supposed to showcase hi...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 19, 2022
Chances are, deluded mass murderer Payton Gendron doesn't actually know any Black people to speak of. According to the 2020 census, his hometown of Co...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 31, 2022
In Michael Kinsley’s immortal definition, “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.” By that standa...
News, Round the Square
Mar 23, 2022
VACCINATED POLITICIANS: Two in three Pennsylvanians believe politicians should be required to publicly disclose their vaccination status, reveals a re...
Round the Square
Mar 16, 2022
TROLLS: We’re not talking about the toys with the crazy hair here. We’re talking about one of the reasons that many people have turned away from socia...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 15, 2022
Nationwide, local and state politicians often resist reforms to reduce violence committed by police, even though sensible reforms would serve officers...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 17, 2022
Jan. 10 marked the 40th anniversary of my favorite football memory. The San Francisco 49ers pulled off an 89-yard drive with an impressive play pass, ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 11, 2022
DETROIT (TNS) — When the first COVID-19 mandates were issued in hopes of turning back a mysterious pandemic, there wasn’t enough science or data avail...
News, PA State News
Jan 22, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — An unhinged politician. A room full of reporters and photographers. And a .357 Magnum tucked in a manila envelope. These three vola...
Local News
July 31, 2025
SAYRE — The Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers, through its Northeastern Potter Economic Development Association (NEPEDA) Fund, seeks proposals f...
PA State News
July 31, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — A new initiative aimed at developing emerging and advanced technologies to enhance food production, agricultural ecosystems and natu...
Local News
July 31, 2025
A check for $780 was presented to Joe Doriguzzi, center, manager at the Friendship Table , by Connie Shanks on behalf of the Bradford Creative and Per...
Local News
July 31, 2025
Sometimes, the loudest engines can carry the softest hearts. The 28th Annual Kids and Cancer Benefit Run returned to the area July 26, drawing nearly ...
Football, National Sports
July 31, 2025
(TNS) —At the start of Steelers training camp, we focused on five key camp battles we'd watch. Now that we're a full week into training camp with six ...
College Sports, Football
July 31, 2025
(TNS) - Penn State football opened training camp on Wednesday after months of anticipation and buildup as the Nittany Lions prepare for a 2025 season ...
