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The hidden cost of homelessness

As a local business owner who has proudly served this community over the past few years, I have witnessed firsthand the growing challenge that homelessness presents—not just for those without shelter but for the entire neighborhood, including small businesses like mine. Homelessness is often ...

EDITORIAL: Violence is never the answer

Political disagreements should never lead to physical violence. That seems an obvious thing to say, but the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is evidence that it must. Kirk was speaking at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10 when 22-year-old Tyler Robinson fired a single ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Cheers to Dustin Shoaf for beginning his high school football head coaching career by guiding Southmoreland to a perfect 4-0 start this season. It wasn't that long ago when Shoaf, one of the youngest coaches in the WPIAL at 24 years old, graced the cover of the ĢƵ Football ...

Schools don’t teach ‘fringe ideologies’

I deplore the shooting death of Charlie Kirk but the fact that he was lying about transgender people in the seconds before he was shot reminded me of how disgusted I was with Matthew DowlingĢƵ commentary Sept. 4. Trans people are estimated to make up 1-2% of the U.S. population and less than ...

EDITORIAL: The burden rests with all of us

Renesmay Eutsey loved mermaids, unicorns and strawberry ice cream cones. She was a little girl with a radiant smile whose favorite colors were pink and purple. We don’t know much more about the 9-year-old with special needs whose tiny body – marred by suspected signs of abuse and frail ...