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Legislature overdoses on politics

Pennsylvania ranks fifth among the states in overdose deaths and the overdose death rate, but legislative majorities in both houses have not detected an ongoing public health emergency in those grim statistics.According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 4,377 Pennsylvanians died in ...

鈥淲e鈥檒l always have Paris,鈥 Humphrey Bogart told Ingrid Bergman in 鈥淐asablanca.鈥滺ere in Pennsylvania, we鈥檒l always have litter, which is not nearly as picturesque or romantic as Paris.Despite decades of public education and cleanups, and hours upon hours of volunteer time, litter ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> The volunteers who recently helped restore a Greene County monument dedicated to area military veterans are to be commended. The 1945 Center Township Honor Roll in Rogersville, which displays roughly 160 names honoring soldiers from the ...

In the hours after Gene Vittone鈥檚 life ended, he was being remembered for the lives he helped save.The late Washington County district attorney was being recalled for his aggressive and canny efforts to combat the opioid epidemic that has washed over this region in recent years, and for his ...

Cheers and Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> Connellsville graduate Gage Gillott ended his summer on a high note before going off to college at South Carolina Upstate. Gillott was chosen by the coaches of the Youngstown Astros Pony League Palomino team to play for them as a ...

Financial concerns mounting

Angst rightly blows across America鈥檚 financial landscape when consumers鈥 use of credit seems to be plunging into the excessive range.However, that landscape experiences angst when use of credit is anemic, because banks can鈥檛 charge interest on money until it is drawn from lines of credit ...