Those who follow news reports of criminal cases have likely seen photographs and/or video captured during out-of-state court proceedings and wondered why they don’t see similar scenes from inside Pennsylvania’s courtrooms. The short answer is: Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule ...
I remember growing up in the patch at Vesta 6; the late 1950s were not a good time in Western Pennsylvania economically. The coal mines and steel mills were laying off workers or only working two or three days a week. My mom and dad never “owed their souls to the company store,” like the ...
Public debates about abortion policy often rely on the claim that only a very small percentage of abortions involve rape. While figures are sometimes cited at around 1% or less, these numbers are not precise and should not be treated as definitive. There is no comprehensive national system ...
Christmas Eve in our house wasn’t complicated, but it was a sacred family tradition. My brother and I were altar boys, and this was the main event of church services for the year. For my brother and me, Dec. 24 meant putting on freshly laundered red cassocks and starched and ironed ...
On the evening of Dec. 17, I had the opportunity to hear from Inter Electric Power officials regarding a new AI data center planned for the former Robena Coal Mine property in Greene County. The occasion was the county planning commission’s hearing to determine whether to approve Phase I of ...
Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy levels increased from 16% in 2017 to 25% in 2023, according to data from the National Center for ...
