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Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> Greene County Sheriff Marcus Simms was in a serious motorcycle accident last Friday, and thatĢƵ not good news at all. A broken vertebrae in his neck required surgery, and he also suffered a concussion and several other broken bones. But, in ...

EDITORIAL: Drug use during pregnancy is alarming

Virtually every day, readers, listeners and viewers of the latest news accounts are updated about arrests, court cases and prison sentences tied to the use or sale of illegal substances — plus, on some days, provided reports about overdose deaths associated with those substances.Too ...

OP-ED: When naysayers lead, Pennsylvania falls behind

In many ways, we live in a political world that operates more on denial than possibility, and to be honest, itĢƵ killing democracy.Candidate quality has been replaced by ideological purity on both sides, while virtual cottage industries have sprung up around the idea of replacing the “loyal ...

OP-ED: Crowning Trump king

The crowning of Charles III as king of England and the shrinking realm of the United Kingdom was not the only coronation taking place in the world.Increasingly, evangelical Christians in the U.S. are treating Donald Trump as their king. While the scenarios are different, it reminds me of when ...