Cheers & Jeers Cheers: With the national divorce rate hovering between 40 and 50%, it is refreshing to see that lasting love is alive and well here. On this Valentine鈥檚 Day, we send a shout-out to those couples whose love endured for 25 years and beyond, and shared their secrets to ...
The region 鈥� and all of Pennsylvania 鈥� has too many municipalities West Alexander sits on the westernmost edge of Washington County, a stone鈥檚 toss from the West Virginia line. A fair happens nearby, the town has an undeniable charm and it鈥檚 steeped in history 鈥� if you stroll around ...
In June 2020, at the height of the furor surrounding the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, a column on the website Medium was headlined, 鈥淲e don鈥檛 need cops to become social workers.鈥� That鈥檚 true. But there鈥檚 absolutely nothing wrong with bringing social ...
A new president is ensconced at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and a new Congress has been sworn in. Once they get settled into their offices, they should get to work trying to solve actual problems. And one of them is homelessness in America. Sure, homelessness is a perennial problem, and it ...
One hundred years ago, Pennsylvania was a national colossus, with 38 congressional districts and the same number of votes in the Electoral College. It had that clout because, well, a lot of people called the Keystone State home. They still do, but the sun belt and other parts of the United ...
Cheers: A student who had been diagnosed with tuberculosis was sent home from Charleroi High School Monday after it was discovered that the student had not received a clearance from a doctor to return. The district said it quickly isolated the student and that, at least for now, there is no ...
