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The last time Alabama was ranked lower than No. 3 in the preseason AP Top 25, Nick Saban had not yet won a national championship with the Crimson Tide...

MOUNT JEWETT — A wellness walk will be held at noon today at Kinzua Bridge State Park. Join park staff for a relaxing walk around the main park area a...

BRADDOCK — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., wrapped up a busy Senate session last week, during which he delivered several wins for farmers and the agr...

PORT ALLEGANY — It’s been a celebratory couple of months for the Archer family. Jadon just turned 13 years old in July and older brother Noah plays in...

RED HOUSE — Red House Beach in Allegany State Park is closed due to potentially hazardous algae in the water for the first time this season. Allegany ...

A rogue reptile seen in and around the Kiski River is still on the loose in the Apollo area. Volunteers and Kiski Township officials are continuing th...

FIREFLY: You’ve heard of the armchair quarterback, but how about a lawnchair scientist? Anyone in North America can be one this month as Mass Audubon ...

The orange-red sun touched the Western horizon, a glowing furnace setting the clouds alight in a scarlet grow, the white flecked clouds afire, deep co...

As a child, Isabel Lange spent her days playing with Breyer model horses, a staple toy in nearly every little girl’s room. In 2009, Lange upgraded fro...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Harrisburg has a recommendation for Pennsylvania residents who see a spotted lanternfly. Kill it. One quick squash is all it takes....

CLARENDON — Staff of the 862-acre Chapman State Park, on the West Branch of Tionesta Creek, will host many programs this August beginning with The Fun...

DANVILLE (TNS) — A bizarre situation unfolded when a bear attack took place inside a Montour County man’s garage. Fortunately, he lived to tell the ta...

HEAT WAVE. As millions of Americans, and others across the nation, deal with the serious heat wave currently sweeping the country, AAA recently releas...

Life has its ups and downs. We all experience the good days and suffer through the bad. Fishing, not surprising, hasn’t been excluded from these reali...

MT JEWITT — The Ruffed Grouse Society, a national conservation organization, finished the first half of its premier Women’s Introduction to Wingshooti...

JOHNSONBURGH — Jim Pennington, Jr., President of the Rolfe Beagle Club, announces that the Rolfe Beagle Club will once again offer its popular Coyote ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Extension invites youth in Pennsylvania to participate in a free, virtual activity focused on veterinary care for compani...

The still waters glimmered slate gray in color as dawn slowly drained the darkness from the sky. It was just cool enough that a light jacket was neces...

LEWISBURG — The boy shuffled, silently, in the wet grass beneath a maple tree, looking like a little blue ghost in his rain poncho. The sky was deep p...

SUPERSTITIONS : A superstition is defined as an “excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings,” such as ghosts, witchcraft, s...