News, Round the Square
Apr 25, 2025
WEIRD LAWS: Isn’t it entertaining to look at some of the laws still on the books? This one, if enforced, might put a stop to storefront psychics — in ...
News, Round the Square
Apr 04, 2025
CHEER: We received a letter from Melissa Dibble that was pretty long, but we wanted to share the best parts — she was telling us about a woman whose d...
News, Round the Square
Apr 03, 2025
FOOD: Since the advent of Food Network and shows about culinary travel, most people know to get a beignet in New Orleans, a bagel in NYC, deep dish pi...
News, Round the Square
Mar 21, 2025
BIRDS: We’ve heard from lots of bird watchers over the years, who have sent us photos of the beauties they have captured and we’re grateful for all of...
News, Round the Square
Mar 10, 2025
STUDY: A study tracking four-year trends has found that McKean County has seen the biggest drop in single-parent households in Pennsylvania, while Cam...
News, Round the Square
Mar 04, 2025
LATIN: Did you learn Latin in school? So many of us didn’t, and we were surprised at the number of Latin terms co-opted into the English language. Som...
News, Round the Square
Mar 01, 2025
WORDS: Well isn’t he a snollygoster! Words such as this might cause me to cachinnate. Befuddled? Don’t be. A snollygoster is a shrewd, unprincipled pe...
News, Round the Square
Feb 21, 2025
QUESTIONS: While we pondered a random question recently — when you cut a sandwich in half, is it half a sandwich or simply a sandwich of a smaller siz...
News, Round the Square
Feb 19, 2025
FEB. 20: Ever heard of “Hoodie Hoo Day?” While the internet says it was started and copyrighted by a man in Schuylkill County, we heard it was started...
News, Round the Square
Feb 06, 2025
SNACKS: More than half of Americans — about 57% — are known to snack at least once a day. According to the website Zerocater, each state has a favorit...
News, Round the Square
Feb 05, 2025
PHRASES: We recently took a look at some phrases in the English language that have lost context over time, and could be pretty confusing. One of those...
News, Round the Square
Feb 01, 2025
KINDERGARTEN: A kindergarten report card from 1954 gave us a bit of nostalgia. It wasn’t labeled for a specific school district, and had five sections...
News, Round the Square
Jan 03, 2025
JANUARY: With apologies to those with important celebrations this month, doesn’t January — with its post-Christmas let down and often worsening weathe...
News, Round the Square
Dec 28, 2024
TIME: We’re having a moment. Looking at the calendar and seeing the year 2025 made us realize that 1985 was 40 years ago. And what a year it was. We t...
News, Round the Square
Dec 27, 2024
PHOTOS: It’s time once again for photo contests to be making the rounds, including ones for the Pennsylvania Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau. Their lin...
News, Round the Square
Dec 16, 2024
CANDY: We're all familiar with aisles of mass-produced cookies and candy in stores for the holidays. But we can remember some homemade favorites that ...
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...
Local Sports, Sports
June 14, 2025
(TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
