sociology

A Western New York author has written his sixth novel — set in Potter County — examining religious homophobia and spotlighting one LGBTQ individual’s ...

RIDGWAY — The Elk County Community Foundation announced the establishment of a new fund aimed at providing tuition assistance to St. Leo Catholic Scho...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Many of Pennsylvania’s elected Republicans have spent the last several years trying to distance themselves from former President ...

In George Washington’s farewell address, our nation’s first president spoke about the importance of the people’s power to amend the U.S. Constitution....

PHILADELPHIA — On Friday, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and U.S. Congressman Dwight Evans, D-Pa., announced at a press conference in North Philadelphia ...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Four area graduating seniors recently received the John J. Murphy Family Scholarship managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundat...

It’s official. The Anglo-Saxons are getting canceled. The move comes more than 1,000 years too late for the previously ascendant Romano-British who co...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — On the 90th birthday of the late comedy icon Joan Rivers, her daughter Melissa Rivers announced Thursday that the National Comedy Ce...

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania U.S. Senators Bob Casey, R- Pa., and John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Wednesday introduced the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act, ...

The Maryland Air National Guard has posted online answers to nearly 500 public comments about its proposed low-flying training zone over the Pennsylva...

After about a year into his role as CEO of the YMCA of the Twin Tiers, Jeff Townsend can’t believe how the time has flown, but he’s been having a lot ...

Donald Trump hasn’t been known for his scrupulously correct use of language, but now wants to police the use of “woke.” “I don’t like the term ‘woke’ ...

For the ninth consecutive year, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has been named a College of Distinction for helping its students learn, grow ...

OLEAN, N.Y. — The current Tri-County Arts Council exhibit, “Haudenosaunee, Art of the Now” “Survive, Alive, Thrive,” featuring the works from culminat...

This summer, individuals and their families will experience the Pennsylvania Wilds region during the second year of an initiative designed to show off...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Thanks to support from the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation’s Community Fund and the Bill & Cathy Fraser grant program at the Uni...

DUKE CENTER — The Otto-Eldred Class of 2023 graduated 49 students on Friday night. The ceremony was held in the high school auditorium at Otto-Eldred ...

Pennsylvania is one of four states that differentiate themselves from their 46 American brethren by use of a different word. Like Kentucky, Massachuse...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Thank heaven, our self-induced crisis is all but over. The House and Senate have approved the compromise deal between Speaker Kevin...

”Monopoly money” is a term for useless paper notes. Inflation was so bad in 1930s Weimar Germany, it took literal wheelbarrows of cash to buy grocerie...