It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, in every store you go. Prelit and flocked trees, ornaments, 20-foot-tall inflatable snowmen and jingling bells made an appearance in both brick-and-mortar and online retail stores well before Halloween. To quote The Grinch, "Hate, hate, hate. ...
Cheers: Jayden Mickens of Connellsville saved his best performance of the football season for the Falcons' rivalry game against Uniontown for the “Old Coal Bucket” trophy that is given annually to the winner of the local showdown. Mickens rushed for 200 yards with touchdown runs of 1, 45 ...
Christopher Beers and his cohorts from Grandpa’s Joe’s were out and about before the quack of dawn a few weeks back to pull off a caper unlike any other in Canonsburg. Angling to ruffle a few feathers, the candy shop owner and his team, under the cover of darkness, secretly planted 2,000 ...
Cheers: We’d like to take this opportunity to give a shout-out to Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski, whose unflagging commitment to the youth in our region serves as an inspiration to all. Many know Mary Jo for her “Ask Mary Jo” column that appears weekly in this newspaper. She wears plenty of ...
The fights next door are loud. Sometimes they happen often; other times there are weeks or months between them. No matter the frequency, the pattern remains the same: An argument. A scream. A thump. Tears. The neighbors hear it all, but don’t help. Instead, they raise their eyebrows, shake ...
Cheers: Kudos to Connor Basinger and the Connellsville hockey team. Basinger, a freshman, sparkled in his first varsity game by recording a hat trick in the Falcons' 4-2 victory over Central Valley at CFS Bank Arena in Rostraver Township last Thursday. Basinger's first goal was unassisted ...
