Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 22, 2022
You can postpone digging through your old piles of stuff to find your lost birth certificate to get a REAL ID card. To fly on a plane, the Department ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 16, 2022
One year ago, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in part because the U.S. had hoped for the best after withdrawing its forces from the country, without a...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 26, 2022
When a heavily traveled Pittsburgh bridge collapsed Jan. 28 into a ravine, taking several cars and a mass-transit bus along for the ride, it put an ex...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 11, 2022
For the relative few paying attention, it seems impossible to keep up with the violence against Christians happening in Nigeria. A priest is killed; p...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 06, 2022
Almost daily since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States and allies in Europe and Asia have been tightening the sanctions vise on Moscow. Ye...
Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 11, 2021
Today marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most shocking days in U.S. history, the hijacking of four jetliners by 19 terrorists with the intent of...
Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 11, 2021
It is understandable, given the chaos surrounding the U.S. exit from Afghanistan — especially the murder of the 13 U.S. troops — that our attention ha...
News, PA State News
Sep 09, 2021
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge made his first public appearance since he suffered a stroke earlier this year, speaking about the 20th anniversary ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 23, 2021
By acting nobly on slavery, Abraham Lincoln once said, America could be “the last best hope of Earth.” But right now we look more like the United Stat...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 25, 2021
The Hamas terrorist group ruling the Gaza Strip is finally doing what it could always have done, namely ceasing fire on Israel, meaning that Israel is...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 21, 2021
After two decades of war in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has abundant justification for withdrawing all U.S. troops by Sept. 11. Yet his decision ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 23, 2020
A twisty, narrow way in the cramped heart of Vienna’s oldest quarter, a busy street in an upscale neighborhood of Tehran and remote woods in Nigeria s...
Local News
Sep 10, 2019
SMETHPORT (EC) — The Bucktail Post #138, Smethport American Legion, will conduct a brief National Day of Service and Remembrance ceremony at 8:45 a.m....
Local News
Sep 07, 2019
The monthly breakfast meeting of the Fireside Pumpers of the Penn Brad Oil Museum will be held Wednesday in the banquet room of Togi’s Restaurant, 412...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 21, 2017
As I held little Leo in my arms last week, thoughts of what the world will be like in his lifetime, in view of our turbulent days, filled my mind. Tho...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 21, 2016
WASHINGTON — You won. Welcome to hell. And to think, I thought you'd become president when hell froze over. Now that the election is finally behind us...
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...
