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Can’t get enough of those Spring wildflowers

Strong April sunshine combined with a few nice spring rains has Mother Nature busy transforming the winter landscape into a spring wonderland.The forest floor has a new carpet of spring green and colorful wild flowers. It happens so quickly that one can pass the same place a few hours later and ...

To kids, a fish is a fish and thatĢƵ good

ItĢƵ fortunate that kids think about fishing differently than adults. To a kid, every fishing trip is an adventure. I know this because when I was a kid, our neighbor, Art Thomas, worked at the pipeline compressor station (then known as Texas Eastern) at Lemont Furnace. As an employee, Art ...

Mahal big winner in WWE shakeup

After the first full week with the WWE superstar shakeup, the big winner is Jinder Mahal.Now in his second run in the WWE, Mahal was used as nothing more than a glorified enhancement wrestler on Raw since returning last year.Now he will challenge Randy Orton for the WWE championship at Backlash ...

Uniontown’s Thomas to be inducted into WPIAL Hall of Fame

Joe Thomas has been inducted into The Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame in 2010 and The Uniontown Area High School Academics, Arts and Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013, yet another honor is coming his way from the WPIAL Hall of Fame. Inductees were selected in five different classes — athlete, ...

A loss for everyone

I went to the wake of a great man a couple of days ago, and I wasn’t sure what to wear.My best suit was reserved for the funeral, and my pants on the runner-up didn’t fit anymore.Hey, one of the best things about being a sportswriter is that I don’t need more than two suits, but the ...

WWE holds first superstar shakeup

This past Monday and Tuesday, the WWE held its first superstar shakeup.Here is a look at who went where.Moving to Raw from Smackdown Live were Apollo Crews, The Miz, Maryse, Bray Wyatt, Intercontinental champion Dean Ambrose, Alexa Bliss, the team of Rhyno and Heath Slater, Mickie James, Curt ...