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Cheers: Cheers to the Carmichaels Copperheads for winning their 15th Fayette County Baseball League championship last Friday. Carmichaels, coached by Dickie Krause, swept top-seeded Potomac Valley with three complete-game pitching performances, winning by scores of 8-0, 2-0 and 7-2 behind Gavin ...

LETTER: Silence is complicity

Kudos to Gary Stout for his recent op-ed of suggestions Democrats should employ for the future. All are reasonable except one. He urges us to “not waste resources attacking Donald Trump’s character.” This is bad advice, because we all need to be reminded of the content of his character ...

LETTER: Pa. needs strategy for energy dominance

Pennsylvanians could be forgiven for feeling a bit whipsawed when it comes to recent energy-related news here in the Keystone State. On one hand, the recently signed federal “One Big Beautiful Bill” pulls back from recent progress that has been made in clean energy production, limiting ...

EDITORIAL: Sounding the alarm on EMS crisis

When you dial 911 for a medical emergency, you expect a quick response. But a number of strains on emergency medical service agencies are making that more difficult. In 2018, a report issued by a state Senate commission said emergency medical services in Pennsylvania “are in a crisis,” ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Cheers to the Connellsville American Legion baseball team for winning the Region 6 baseball championship to advance to Pennsylvania American Legion Baseball State Tournament, which begins Saturday at McDowell High School in the Erie suburb of Millcreek Township. Connellsville went ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Cheers to ONeil Cruz and Paul Skenes, two Pirates who had positive performances in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Cruz hit the longest (513 feet) and hardest (118 mph) homer in the Home Run Derby, and even though he didn't win he became the first Pirate to advance to the ...