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In Memory – Three Area Greats

This summer will mark the 30th and final year for my country band, High Ryder. Anyone who knows me knows that music has been a huge part of my life. When I organized the band in 1994, I followed the advice of fellow entertainer Johnny Andrews: “Surround yourself with the best musicians you ...

Rockwell scholarship award presented

This year‘s winner of the Calvin C. Rockwell Jr. Education Scholarship Award is Evalynn Rose Knopsnider, who will pursue a career in education at the collegiate level. The $500 award is presented each year in honor of Rockwell, who dedicated his life to teaching, to a Connellsville Area High ...

Chainsaw artist returns to Greene County Fair

Nate Howard has always enjoyed creating art, but it wasn’t until he worked as an apprentice to a chainsaw carver nearly 15 years ago, that he fell in love. “ItĢƵ kind of like a therapy for me. ItĢƵ calming and I don’t have to be concentrating the entire time,” Howard said. “When ...

Greene County bridge named for local Vietnam veteran

In recognition of his service and sacrifice, U.S. Army veteran Harry Ronald Hoskinson will be memorialized when a Perry Township, Greene County bridge is named in his honor. The Mount Morris native was drafted into the U.S. Army after high school and served as a specialist in Company B, ...

Chronic high blood pressure during pregnancy doubles

The number of individuals in the U.S. who had chronic hypertension or chronic high blood pressure during pregnancy doubled between 2008 and 2021, according to a new study published in Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association. At the same time, prescribing and filling of ...