During this month one hundred years ago, there were some rather strange, if humorous goings-on in Fayette County.On Dec. 16, 1913, it was reported on the front page of the Uniontown Morning Herald that the 鈥減artially decomposed鈥� body of a man or woman had been found in the back of a wagon ...
A few days ago, while watching the documentary "America in Primetime,'' I was struck by an interesting comment made by one of its participants.鈥淵esterday I bought a grape,鈥� he said.He鈥檇 made the claim that primetime television, with its extended long-form shows, such as "The Sopranos'' ...
Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of day Uniontown native Gen. George C. Marshall accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.He was pictured on the front page of the Uniontown Evening Standard on Dec. 11, 1953, with the caption, in part, saying 鈥淭he ceremony was marred by noisy ...
George Zimmerman is back in the news. Trouble just has a way of finding him. Since his arrest for the murder of an unarmed teenager, he鈥檚 become a household name. The ex-neighborhood watchman needs somebody to watch him.Since he was acquitted in that case in July, he鈥檚 had numerous brushes ...
It鈥檚 beginning to look a lot like, well, Thanksgiving, everywhere we go.That means the start of the Christmas season, with its long lines at checkout counters, and heavy Internet traffic 鈥� filled with shoppers eagerly hoping to make those great deals.But long before there was anything ...
U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is facing an unspeakable tragedy. The sorrow caused when a parent outlives a child, I鈥檓 told, is excruciating and unthinkable. Inhofe鈥檚 52 year-old son, Perry, died in a plane crash last week. He genuinely deserves our condolences.Yet, there鈥檚 something ...
