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Snuffing out e-cigs in school

Generations of kids have ducked out in school restrooms to sneak a cigarette. Readers of a certain age may recall 鈥淪mokin鈥 in the Boys Room,鈥 the song made popular in the 1980s by heavy metal band Motley Crue that became the rallying cry for teenage rebellion: 鈥淪ittin' in the ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: A Mon Valley business has initiated a fundraiser to benefit employees of U.S. Steel鈥檚 Clairton plant who were impacted by last week鈥檚 explosion that killed two and injured another 10. Michelle DeHosse, who owns Sparkles by Shell in Monongahela, and her friend, Heather Gwaley, of ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Kudos to the local students who began their golf season last Friday at Nemacolin Country Club in the TriCADA Golf Tournament. In a field loaded with Class 3A teams, two Class 2A golfers placed in the top 10, as Jefferson-Morgan junior Urijah Teasdale was fifth and Brownsville senior Ben ...

The immigrants deserve better

Albert Einstein said a picture is worth a thousand words. The photo of the sign at the Moshannon detention center in Philipsburg in today鈥檚 newspaper screams them. Irony, too. 鈥淗elp shelter pets find their way home,鈥 the billboard in the background reads. The signs鈥 ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: A 9-year-old鈥檚 selfless act of charity moved many to open their wallets and chip in for a new small livestock barn for the Fayette County Fair. During the annual livestock sale last Friday night, Harper Diamond of Smithfield slipped a note to the announcer before taking to the ring to ...

Public notices must remain accessible

Some state lawmakers seem to think they have come up with a way to modernize how local governing bodies get the word out about their meetings, pending actions, tax increases, new ordinances and other measures. But Senate Bill 194 鈥 which resurrects the idea of putting public notices on ...