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Personal memory of ‘The Animal’

In recent months, George 鈥渢he Animal鈥 Steele had made it known that he was not in good health. So, when word broke last Friday that the wrestling legend had passed away, it was not a surprise.As a 22-year old kid, I had the pleasure of stepping in the ring with Steele on April 13, 1999, on ...

Weather has forecasters confused

On Feb. 2, Phil the ground hog predicted six more weeks of winter for our area.While the human weather prophets seem to be getting better at forecasting in recent years, Phil is having a bit of trouble.Rumor has it that Phil lives in a heated burrow, is fed regularly and is gaining weight. With ...

Massive die-off: Invasive beetle destroying local ash trees

They鈥檙e hard to miss 鈥 now that they鈥檙e gone. Ash trees, some of the most valuable and important trees in American forests, have died by the millions over the past five years, killed by an invasive beetle called the emerald ash borer. Foresters are not optimistic. Many believe the borer ...

Wyatt, Bayley title wins

In a result that has been long overdue, Bray Wyatt finally won the WWE championship last Sunday at the Elimination Chamber show.Wyatt鈥檚 win caught the eye of the wrestling world, and it was a move that should have happened previously. None the less, his new WrestleMania challenger will be ...

Storm creates record deluge

Last week, I wrote about the fact that Smethport, Pennsylvania, located in McKean County, has the honor of having the record for the coldest temperature recorded in our state at 42 degrees below zero. Smethport also holds another famous weather record 鈥 for rainfall, not only in Pennsylvania, ...

Remembering one of the greats in Tod Trent

The Fayette County sports community was saddened by the news that Tod Trent had passed away on Feb. 6 in LaFayette Manor.Trent was 90, and he was preceded in death by his loving wife Irma (Anderson) Trent, Sept. 9, 2016; and a son, Todd Trent.From 1951 until he retired in 1991, Tod Trent was a ...