×

Opinion

Our opinion: Grads stay ‘strong’ in a year of transition

Our Opinion

Maybe it was Nate Leamon who said it best. In delivering the closing remarks at the Eisenhower graduation earlier this month, he acknowledged the challenges this group of seniors faced. With Youngsville High School closing, it brought potential rivals together. “Nothing great happens when ...

Two decades of madness raging on

Local Commentaries

Most weeks, I like to write about personal experiences that other people can relate to, and imbue them with humor, snide comments, or everyday frustrations. This week is different. I’m mad. It is an anger still festering after 20 years Tom O’Brien, my late husband, died of esophageal ...

Our opinion: City cannot repeat RDA mistakes

Our Opinion

There was a laundry list of issues with the most recent Warren Redevelopment Authority meeting that the city should make sure are remedied. It's well within the city's right to call a special meeting at any time it wants. While as much notice as possible should be given for those who aren't ...

Our opinion: Straw purchases fuel gun pipelines

Our Opinion

A recent incident in Warren provides an example of just how easy it can be to skirt well-meaning laws written to keep guns out of the wrong hands. A couple with Buffalo addresses living in Warren were both charged earlier this spring with several felony charges related to alleged false ...

Our opinion: Small pharmacies need answers

Our Opinion

State lawmakers are considering legislation that would create a single Pharmacy Benefit Administrator model for all state-funded healthcare programs. House Bill 2270, sponsored by Rep. Rob Matzie, D-Ambridge, has an uncertain future both because of a divided state legislature that can make ...

Readers’ Speak

Letters To Editor

Dear Editor, I’d like to send a shout-out to Officer Charles Andersen of the Conewango Police Department for providing shelter to myself, my sisters and mom, and two other people on Sunday, June 14, during the tornado warnings. My family was on our way home when we got the tornado warning ...