Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
Jun 24, 2021
(Editor’s note: This is the last outdoor column written by Roger Sager beforehis death on June 14. His children, Eric Sager and Suzi Marasco, transcri...
News, Online Features
Jun 16, 2021
Longtime Bradford City policeman and outdoor columnist Roger Sager passed away Monday at UPMC Hamot in Erie, following a long illness. He was 72. “We’...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Mar 11, 2021
It seems that shooters and hunters are in the middle of another ammunition shortage that’s dragging on longer than may be expected. We’ve been through...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Jan 14, 2021
Unlike the virus and fever we are currently concerned with, there’s an ailment that specifically targets hunters and can strike at any time: buck feve...
Bradford, Columns, Local Sports, ...
Nov 30, 2020
My interest in ammunition and ballistics started early in my shooting career. As a kid, I pestered my father until he agreed to take me to a friend’s ...
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
Sep 28, 2020
Over the years, I’ve had lots of encounters with bears. I’ve written about a few of them before. Of all these little adventures, it seems most occur w...
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
Aug 20, 2020
I’ve spent a lot of time on shooting ranges over the years. Outdoors, indoors, strictly regulated or informal, some with dozens of firing points or ju...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Jun 17, 2020
From the time I was just a kid, I’ve always enjoyed hunting stories. The first-hand accounts of the hunting adventures of friends and relatives, wheth...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Mar 20, 2020
I guess just about everyone enjoys a campfire. You can’t take the term “campfire” too literally, however; quite often the fire has nothing to do with ...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Mar 05, 2020
As a young hunter, I listened with great interest to any advice offered by old-timers and the (probably unfounded) opinions of my young chums. Subject...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Feb 18, 2020
There’s a sign on my gun safe that states, “I’ve hunted nearly every day of my life, the rest have been wasted.” This sounds like a huge exaggeration,...
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
Nov 08, 2019
In my early teenage years, I’d already realized that I was hopelessly hooked on outdoor sports. I studied all the Outdoor Life and Sports Afield magaz...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
Aug 15, 2019
I think it’s widely recognized that folks go through some different stages in their development as hunters. The length of time spent in these stages v...
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
May 14, 2019
Decades ago, I killed my first buck and I remember the details vividly. The season before that success was an experience I’d like to forget. Hunting a...
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...
