politics

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Sawdust. Horseshoes. Eggs on spoons. Water balloons. This is not an attempt at free-verse poetry. These are the images that come to...

HARRISBURG — At the end of 2022, Pennsylvania released its plan to bring “robust high-speed broadband infrastructure” to unserved and overlooked parts...

The final four-team College Football Playoff promises to be one of the closest in the 10-year history of the event. The combined spread of the two New...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — At his suburban St. Louis home, Brett Koenig can pull out his smartphone and open a sports betting app. But he can’t place ...

Among other things, Saturday’s Peach Bowl will be a matchup of one of the country’s best defenses (Penn State’s) and one of its most explosive defense...

WASHINGTON — In the year 2023, Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., held 1,633 constituent meetings and resolved 1,998 constituent cases. That’s according to t...

COUDERSPORT — After 27 years in law enforcement, Chief Bryan Phelps has handed in his badge and picked up a magisterial district judge’s robe. “I was ...

SMETHPORT — The ceremony held Wednesday morning at McKean County Courthouse to swear in three county commissioners was one for the history books. Duri...

Cursive handwriting comes in handy when signing legal papers, reading documents like the Constitution and old love letters, and for parents to disguis...

The story of the 2024 campaign so far is the effort by Democrats and their appointees to use criminal charges and lawsuits to force former President D...

Sometimes, reading is like a roulette wheel. You put your money down on a book that looks good, and you take your chances. If you’re lucky, you get a ...

PITTSBURGH — Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Venango and Warren counties have joined A...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. “Nothing,” he said, “is more priceless and more w...

With the already nerve-wracking 2024 presidential elections approaching, a concerning report reveals attempts by Cuba to undermine our democratic proc...

Depending on how you understand the world, you may think the Christmas story plausible and true, plausible but untrue, implausible but who knows, impl...

(TNS) — Pennsylvanians with a permit to carry a concealed gun can lose that privilege if they are convicted of crimes ranging from shoplifting and wri...

Tuesday was Bradford City Administrator Chris Lucco’s last city council meeting before he departs for a new position in Harrisburg, and city officials...

The Founding Fathers asserted that elected officials should listen to and be influenced by the views of the electorate. As James Madison said, “it is ...

Paula Fritz Eddy makes the nonprofit organizations she’s a part of better, from the inside out. With a degree in human ecology and teaching certificat...

I was stunned by the early morning headline that appeared in my email. According to The New York Times, Israeli officials had known about Hamas’ plan ...