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Fact checkers mourn Bachman’s exit

America awakened to the news last Wednesday morning -- Michele Bachmann has decided to pack it all in. ‘Twas a sad day for those of us who follow national politics, while occasionally needing brief respites of comic relief.BachmannÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ four terms as the Republican representative from the ...

Did you know?

On this day one hundred years ago, it was reported that 155 of UniontownÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 173 eighth graders were about to graduate and move into their first year at the high school.Each spring, there had always been reports of graduations around the county.What is of note, is the name of the person who ...

GOP overreaches in Obama probes

Within one week, President ObamaÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ White House was under siege.There are unanswered questions about Benghazi; a Justice Department that admits rummaging through the telephone records of news agencies; and word that the IRS targeted rightwing groups with enhanced scrutiny during the run-up to ...

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This had almost slipped my mind.It was 50 years ago this week that I found myself incapacitated, suffering from an injury caused by a massive explosion at Uniontown High School.I had to be rushed to Uniontown Hospital, where I, and as many as 100 of my fellow students, was administered ...

Goodbye, Harry, you will be missed

<em>Chuck Muncie died of heart failure at the age of 60 last Tuesday. He left behind memories of a man who was universally respected and admired.</em>It was supposed to have been like any other early summer day in the East End of Uniontown. Eager children had ...

NRA support hurting Republicans

A wide majority of Americans support background checks for potential gun buyers at gun shows and online. Unfortunately, a wide majority of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate don’t seem to care what a majority of Americans support.Last month, when Republicans (and a few Democrats) voted to ...