<strong>Cheers:</strong> The smell of funnel cake, excited yelling from rides, concerts, contests and 4-H shows are all a part of what makes county fair season a truly special time in our area. Between yesterday (the start of the Fayette County Fair) and Aug. 27 (the ...
The highest duty of law is to protect the vulnerable.Perhaps the most important aspect of that is safeguarding those people from the individuals meant to do the protecting.Pennsylvania is living up to that responsibility with a new law signed by Gov. Tom Wolf last week.State Rep. Carrie Lewis ...
No one can say for sure if, or by how much, another 5% Pennsylvania Turnpike toll increase would impact traffic volume going forward.For the second time this month, the Turnpike Commission cut from its agenda a vote that would have authorized such an increase.Annual toll hikes have been imposed ...
If you鈥檙e traveling through Carbon County in the eastern part of Pennsylvania, you might end up in the oddly named borough of Jim Thorpe.Bearing the moniker of the Olympic sportsman who was named the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century in a 1950 Associated Press poll, ...
School funding increases and a bigger rainy day fund illustrate how the governor is leaving Pennsylvania in better shape than when he arrived.Seven years ago, Tom Wolf rode his Jeep into Harrisburg to find a dysfunctional and debt-ridden state. After signing his final budget, Wolf will leave ...
Two weeks ago, and with relatively little fanfare, California University of Pennsylvania became Pennsylvania Western University, joining with Edinboro and Clarion universities to become a single institution that shares administrative functions and other resources.The merger happened because ...
