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Letters To The Editor

I want to personally give a shout out to a dynamic group of individuals who have banded together to make a huge difference in Brownsville.Last Friday, the Fayette Chamber of Commerce was honored to work with eleven businesses in the Brownsville Area to help them celebrate their grand opening or ...

Dear Residents of Fayette County:Over the past three months, your diligence helped Fayette County flatten the curve to mitigate the spread of COVlD-19. Your efforts to follow the PA Department of Health and the CDC guidelines made a tremendous difference. Thank you for doing your part.As a ...

Thoughts on the killing of George Floyd

The first time that I watched the video of the Minneapolis cop nonchalantly pressing his knee to the neck of George Floyd, I felt sick to my stomach. I hoped there was some sort of justification for this, but I know there isn’t. It was plain and simple murder.But that said, I wonder how can ...

Rome wasn't built in a day. Nor is unity and equality among all the races. With positive change, can we reach that goal? A "sore spot" can be temporarily managed by the application of a Band Aid, but after countless applications over a period of many, many years that "sore spot" remains ...

Now here's the deal. We're in a crisis. Words like: epidemic and pandemic have slithered into our vocabulary and we're even saying goofy stuff like "new normal" There's nothing normal about it. It's a new "abnormal."Our oldest and most vulnerable are dying; from complications to their existing ...

Thankfully, after more than two months, Governor Wolf has begun to ease the restrictions he placed on Pennsylvanians during his statewide shutdown order. As we transition back to normalcy, my Senate Republican colleagues and I will continue our goal of passing laws that focus on rebuilding ...