Whether this week or next, it’s time for our area’s students to go back to school.
Pennsylvania lawmakers still are trying to think of ways to undo the Legislature’s shortsightedness and narrow-mindedness when they passed a law in October 2017 to abandon what was then the commonwealth’s archaic, overly restrictive fireworks rules.
Soundbites won’t stop the horrific mass shootings that are plaguing America and killing or altering the lives of dozens of Americans.
Just this week, a pickup truck crashed into a Florida school bus on the first day of school there Monday, injuring a second-grader, according to the Associated Press (AP).
Cheers to the Perry Township supervisors who were instrumental in bringing a Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall to the area. Supervisors obtained an $8,500 tourism grant and then budgeted the remainder of the funding needed to bring the traveling memorial to Perryopolis. The replica is smaller …
If you drove through the Five Corners intersection of Uniontown on Saturday, you were bombarded with kindness. It came in the form of signs and small gifts, and in hugs and genuine listening.
Our national mood is not good in part because institutions like the Boy Scouts of America and the Catholic Church have let us down.
On a normal day, social media is filled with the typical offerings – pictures of vacation, shared memes about another Monday morning, detailed descriptions of last night’s dinner, videos of the baby’s first steps and so forth.
Cheers to the city of Monongahela, awash in red, white and blue for its 250th birthday celebration. The festivities kicked off Thursday at Chess Park with a veterans tribute and the opening of a time capsule that was buried 50 years ago. Additional activities are scheduled throughout the wee…
It’s rare to find someone who walks into each day with a completely open mind.
The mishandling and misuse of consumer data has become one of the defining issues of the digital age. And so recent actions against the credit bureau Equifax and the social media giant Facebook were seen as a significant opportunity to set a course toward more meaningful accountability, secu…
Federal regulators should continue their current push for more consistent labeling to help consumers identify when food should no longer be kept for consumption.
Library funding and support is crucial for our communities.
Another accident Tuesday snarled traffic along Route 119 in the area of the traffic light where the state highway intersects with Bellview Road in Bullskin Township.
Cheers to Robert Stein of Uniontown who was recently honored by the state and the Fayette County Fair board as the 2019 Friend of the Fair. The honor is awarded by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture to recognize individuals for their work and dedication to the local state fairs. Stei…
The rigors of college are no joke. Neither, in Pennsylvania, are the tuition payments.
Pennsylvania’s liberalized fireworks law, passed in 2017, underwent its second big test over the recent 4th of July weekend.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is using valid arguments trying to justify the 6 percent toll increase scheduled to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Jan. 5 on all sections and extensions except three western Pennsylvania “cashless” toll facilities.
More women than men grapped with poverty, both locally and nationally.
In the grand scheme of things, every little bit helps, and sometimes big things can result from that first small step.
