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Stories from our neck of the woods

Everyone has a story. We started sharing some of them on Monday as part of “My American Story,” the newspaperĢƵ monthlong series launched to celebrate AmericaĢƵ 250th birthday. The daily series was conceived as a way to pay tribute to our wonderfully diverse Western Pennsylvania ...

As another school year comes to a close, we wanted to offer some words of wisdom to our new high school and college graduates. We looked to a few notable keynote commencement addresses for inspiration. Some are poignant, others, irreverent, but all are memorable. – From the late Steve Jobs ...

Rocky Bleier said it well last year on Memorial Day. “This day is meant to be a time for reflection or contemplation more than celebration,” he told the crowd assembled for the annual tribute to the members of the armed forces buried at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Cecil ...

EDITORIAL: Honor Mom every day

This morning, moms everywhere are waking to breakfast in bed, and, hopefully, being shown how much they are loved and appreciated by their families. And we owe it all to Anna Jarvis. Anna advocated relentlessly for the national holiday on the second Sunday in May to honor the legacy of her ...

The colorful packaging bears trippy names like ZaZa, NeptuneĢƵ Fix, Pegasus and Purple Magic. Sold as an elixir or in pill form, the products promise feelings of “euphoria,” “happiness” and “bliss,” and are marketed to grab the attention – and cash – of young and old ...

EDITORIAL: Let’s renew our promise

A travesty of justice is the only way to describe the continued persecution of law-abiding immigrants at the hands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. In cities across the country and right here at home in Southwestern Pennsylvania, immigrants are being plucked from their ...