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Semi-autos for big game?

With the fight for Sunday hunting behind us, many of us thought that we might coast into deer season without more controversy. Think again. The next debate is looming, and this time it involves semi-automatic rifles for big game. Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) has been circulating a memo ...

Is sonar the new crossbow?

We love controversy. We love drama. Despite claims to the contrary, outdoorspeople are quick to point fingers and hurl insults at anyone who does not practice the same techniques, hunt & fish in the same method they do. New technology is one of the biggest targets. At one time, the hatred ...

Learn to Skate Program begins Sept. 24

The Jamestown Skating Club’s Learn to Skate Program is set to resume on Wednesday, Sept. 24. The program is offered at Northwest Arena in Jamestown on Wednesdays from 6-6:50 p.m. in seven-week sessions from September to May. Each seven-week session costs $120 and covers skate rentals, ...

Cruz’s 11th outfield error helps Nationals rally past Pirates

WASHINGTON (AP) — James Wood scored the go-ahead run from first base when center fielder Oneil Cruz misplayed Dayton Lile’s eighth-inning double, and the Washington Nationals overcame a three-run, first-inning deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday. Pittsburgh (65-85) ...

Pittsburgh inattentive as it stumbles to dismal loss

PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin has long believed NFL teams make their biggest improvements from Week 1 to Week 2. This time around, the league’s longest-tenured coach might want to hope he’s wrong after watching the Pittsburgh Steelers pratfall their way through a 31-17 loss to Seattle on ...

Sloppy Steelers

PITTSBURGH — George Holani saw the ball bouncing toward the Pittsburgh end zone, wondered why Steelers kick returner Kaleb Johnson turned his back on a live football, and kept right on running. All the way to the first touchdown of the Seattle Seahawks special teamer and running back’s ...