Education is a touchy subject in Pennsylvania. There is the question of funding for state-related universities. There are the concerns about tuition; Penn State just opted to increase the cost of attending its main campus yet again. There are school vouchers. The tug of war over them is ...

Don’t look now, but a recent visitor to Warren County is starting to receive some national acclaim. In a Washington Post opinion piece by E.J. Dionne, state Gov. Josh Shapiro is being characterized as an official who will get things done. What’s the greatest example? Easily, it’s the ...

Similar to the Fourth of July happening and the annual Christmas parade, the Warren County Fair has a way of bringing many together. This year’s edition opened on Sunday and continues throughout the week. “Annually tens-of-thousands of people come to enjoy all the fair has to offer,” ...

Given the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s history of cost and corruption, it’s not easy for another government body to make it look good. But the state Legislature has risen to the challenge. The commission announced recently that, in January, it will raise turnpike tolls for the 16th ...

By GERALD E. SCORSE It all began with baseball. I was growing up in the 1940s in Rochester, N.Y., a farm team for the St. Louis Cardinals. I couldn’t get enough of them in the first newspaper I ever read, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. The instant it came I grabbed the sports pages, ...

Warren County motorists’ worries are in high gear when it comes to the opening of a roundabout at a major thoroughfare in the city. They are no different, however, than those on the New York state side. PennDOT started its third phase of work last week on the project at Pennsylvania Avenue ...