Back on May 15, 1970, a local newspaper carried a front-page story about the progress being made for the 鈥淣ew Laurel Shopping Mall,鈥� that was under construction across the road from the Connellsville Airport on Route 119.It was reported that 鈥渢housands of pine trees鈥� had been leveled ...
Let鈥檚 Impeach Sarah Palin!I never thought I鈥檇 ever say this, but maybe it鈥檚 time for Sarah Palin to use all of the powers of her political office to singlehandedly impeach President Obama.What鈥檚 that?She doesn鈥檛 have a political office?Then, perhaps, she should SHUT UP!All she has to ...
One item I鈥檝e found didn鈥檛 have a direct tie to Uniontown, except that it appeared on the front page of the Uniontown Morning Herald 93 years ago today.鈥溾�橶hy worry' author ends his own life,'' read the July 21, 1921 headline.Apparently a noted lecturer and orator from Northern Indiana ...
Throughout the 2014 baseball season, the Pittsburgh Pirates are paying tribute to Ralph Kiner, the six-time All-Star slugger who played in Pittsburgh from 1946 until 1953.Kiner, who died last February at the age of 91, was also a legend in the broadcast booth. While he was the voice of two ...
I was watching the 1966 movie "Blow-Up'' the other night, and I saw one of the characters engage in an activity that may have seemed peculiar to today鈥檚 teenagers.A London photographer, played by David Hemmings, stepped into a phone booth, and he made a telephone call.He did it without using ...
It was 50 years ago this month that it was reported that 4,000 Boy Scouts had descended on the Fayette County Fairgrounds as part of a mammoth camporee.On the front page of the June 6, 1964 edition of the Uniontown Morning Herald that a 鈥淪cout City鈥� housed a three day-long event that was ...