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Former Brownsville star Lemon hopes to help out kids in need

Former Brownsville High School basketball star George Lemon has known the ups and downs of life, including a stint in prison, through it all he remains one of the most positive people you will ever meet.“Everything is not PG-13, the Disney channel, it doesn’t work like that,” Lemon said. ...

Trump hires McMahon

The connection between WWE and President-elect Donald Trump was touched upon in this column a month ago.On Wednesday, the professional relationship was taken a step further when it was announced that Trump appointed Linda McMahon the head of the Small Business Administration (SBA) in TrumpĢƵ ...

Time to make peace with the coming of winter

After above normal temperatures and lots of sunny days in October and November, it appears the weather is changing.December so far has been cool, wet and dreary, and the extended forecast is for a period of much colder weather.The cold air should also produce some snow for the Uniontown and ...

Penn State football ahead of schedule

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Sitting in Section 236 of Lucas Oil Stadium Saturday, I looked around at the pro-Penn State crowd and realized that a Big Ten championship wasn’t supposed to happen.Well, at least not for another year.Down 28-7 in the second quarter, Penn State rallied for a 38-31 win ...

Nittany Lions rise from the ashes

INDIANAPOLIS -- Sitting in Section 236 of Lucas Oil Stadium Saturday, I looked around at the pro-Penn State crowd and realized that a Big Ten championship wasn’t supposed to happen.Well, at least not for another year.Down 28-7 in the second quarter, Penn State rallied for a 38-31 win over ...

Monessen grad Crabtree has ties to Fayette County

Eric Crabtree is one of many great athletes to come out of Western Pennsylvania. Crabtree went to high school at Monessen, but it is a little known fact that he has Fayette County ties, his mother was from Brownsville.“My family was from Brownsville,” Crabtree stated. “ThatĢƵ basically ...