Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 10, 2023
HARRISBURG — Though many celebrated expanded Amtrak service for Pittsburgh, critics cry foul, pointing to long-term trends that work against train tra...
Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 05, 2023
FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — When my husband suggested that the kids and I accompany him on a work trip to New York City, I am fairly certain that I laug...
Local News, News, Online Features
Jul 18, 2023
Saturday is a momentous occasion at Kinzua Bridge State Park — the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the tornado that completely changed the pa...
Local News, Nation & World, PA State News
Jul 07, 2023
WASHINGTON — A policy change is needed to help emergency personnel who respond to train derailments, and Pennsylvania’s senators are lauding a new pro...
Content, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Jul 06, 2023
MOUNT JEWETT — The Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad three-car train derailment has been cleared, but the crossing at Center Street is going to remain clo...
Content, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Jul 05, 2023
MOUNT JEWETT — A few cars on a Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad train through Mount Jewett hopped the track late Monday night, but did not tip over or sp...
Business, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Jun 27, 2023
HARRISBURG (AP) — Spurred on by train derailments, some states with busy criss-crossing freight railroads are pursuing their own safety remedies rathe...
Content, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Jun 24, 2023
It’s open! Kinzua Bridge has been inspected, and found that “all is good,” said Wesley Robinson with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resour...
Content, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Jun 22, 2023
HARRISBURG — The Kinzua Bridge and the areas around and under it are temporarily closed while state engineers inspect the structure. High winds last w...
Daily Headlines, News, PA State News
May 25, 2023
HARRISBURG — Since the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Pennsylvania lawmakers have shown greater concern about railroad safety in...
News, PA State News
May 11, 2023
NEW CASTLE (AP) — Nine railcars from a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Pennsylvania, with no hazardous chemicals on board and no reported i...
News
Apr 17, 2023
EMPORIUM — The Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library will honor the memory of librarian Anna English with a ceremony at 5 p.m. Monday, April 25. Frie...
News, PA State News
Mar 31, 2023
The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvan...
News, PA State News
Mar 31, 2023
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators John Fetterman, D-Pa., Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, introduced the Railway Accountability Act to address ad...
News
Mar 28, 2023
EMPORIUM — Another round of funding is available from a settlement from the 2006 train derailment that caused a serious fish kill in Big Fill Run, Sin...
News, PA State News
Mar 20, 2023
HARRISBURG — The railroad at the heart of the hazardous train crash near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border offered vague answers Monday about who agreed to...
Nation, News, PA State News
Mar 09, 2023
WASHINGTON — Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw supports some rail safety improvement proposals, but is yet to commit to the full bipartisan legislation f...
News, PA State News
Mar 08, 2023
HARRISBURG — Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw did not appear in front of Pennsylvania lawmakers on Wednesday, but is expected to do so later this month ...
News, Online Features
Mar 08, 2023
This Sunday, March 12, at 2 a.m., time will “spring forward” as we mark the end of Standard Time (also known as Normal Time), and the beginning of Day...
News, PA State News
Mar 07, 2023
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal investigators on Tuesday announced a special investigation into rail operator Norfolk Southern following a fiery derailment...
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...
