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Sen. Tommy Tuberville should stand down

I’m a Vietnam Vet.As a result of the time I spent in Vietnam, I’ve been deemed 100% disabled.I don’t have much time for people who disrespect the military.I have no patience for those people who would use the military for their political chicanery.Tommy Tuberville is one of those ...

The fight for the forgotten American

It is often said we should learn from history. We sometimes do learn from history. Sometimes we don’t.Another oft repeated phrase is that the past is never really in the past. (Thank you, William Faulkner.)References to these axioms – that we should learn from history and that the past ...

Suicide prevention more urgent than ever

Sunday marks the beginning of National Suicide Prevention Week, and the need to stop individuals from taking their own lives is more urgent than ever.In August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released preliminary data on suicides in the United States in 2022, and the agency ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall is returning to the area this weekend and will include a 9/11 memorial wall to pay tribute to those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The exhibit will be arriving today at Brownsville Area ...

OP-ED: It’s time to put the charter schools debate into context

As the debate over cyber charter schools intensifies, Pennsylvanians deserve both facts and context in order to come to informed conclusions. Unfortunately, a recent story in the Observer-Reporter and ĢƵ, “Superintendents continue to call for cyber charter school reform,” has ...