The burial flag of a former unclaimed U.S. veteran who has been laid to rest in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies has found its permanent home with his siblings in central Pennsylvania. Patrick Reynolds of Schuylkill County received the U.S. flag from the funeral of his brother, U.S. ...
Gus Pagonis grew up in Charleroi three-quarters of a century ago, amid smokestacks and among countless Mon Valley kids who likewise were uncertain of their lifetime trajectories. 鈥淚 was in a rock 鈥檔 roll band in the Valley when I was younger,鈥� Pagonis recounted. 鈥淚 think I was 15 or ...
Not all wounds are visible, and perhaps no one understands this better than combat veterans who carry the invisible scars of trauma long after their service ends. According to the 2024 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report, an estimated 17 veterans take their own lives each day. ...
MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA 鈥� Ray Curtis was born on Feb. 11, 1917, about two months before the United States entered World War I and a year before what became known as the Spanish Flu ravaged the nation. Automobiles had not yet become common in the states, and air travel was in its infancy. The ...
Homeless and displaced female veterans and their children will now have a place to call home. The Rendu House, a project of the nonprofit United Veterans Billeting of Fayette County, opened last week on Gallatin Avenue in Uniontown. 鈥淩ight now, women hold the higher percentage of homeless ...
An influential job awaited Elissa Weimer upon graduation from PennWest California. She was first in her class in criminal justice and a lucrative opportunity was on the table. The offer was from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with which she had previously made an impression with the ...
