The Pennsylvania House and Senate are now in the full swing of budget negotiations. Bills will be forthcoming in both Chambers that will set forth the state budget for the…
Juneteenth is a holiday some don’t grasp the meaning of, others don’t care for, and many celebrate. When President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1963, ending chatel slavery…
The author (center) with friends during a senior trip to Ocean City, Md. in 1989. I don’t know exactly when I fell in love with Ocean City, Md. And quite…
The Cold War is just a distant memory for some of us, but in the 1950s and 60s, it was a very real, very frightening reality. The tensions between the…
→ Did you know that Memorial Day was formerly known as Decoration Day? General John A. Logan, leader of the Northern Civil War Veterans, rallied for a National Day of…
During consecutive evenings May 10 and 11, the Sto-Rox School Board and McKees Rocks Council each appointed new members to fill openings formed by death and resignations. The processes applied…
Where there is no vision, the Bible says, the people perish. I thought of this verse last year when I had an off day from work and went fishing with…