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EDITORIAL: Violence is never the answer

Political disagreements should never lead to physical violence. That seems an obvious thing to say, but the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is evidence that it must. Kirk was speaking at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10 when 22-year-old Tyler Robinson fired a single ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Cheers to Dustin Shoaf for beginning his high school football head coaching career by guiding Southmoreland to a perfect 4-0 start this season. It wasn't that long ago when Shoaf, one of the youngest coaches in the WPIAL at 24 years old, graced the cover of the TikTok³ÉÈ˰æ Football ...

EDITORIAL: The burden rests with all of us

Renesmay Eutsey loved mermaids, unicorns and strawberry ice cream cones. She was a little girl with a radiant smile whose favorite colors were pink and purple. We don’t know much more about the 9-year-old with special needs whose tiny body – marred by suspected signs of abuse and frail ...

Cheers & Jeers

Farm grant 1 Courtesy of California Area School District California Area School District implemented a bee program with a Farm to School Grant from the state Department of Agriculture. Maker space 1 Karen Mansfield/Observer-Reporter A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Tuesday for ...

Here’s one memory that will not die

In my long life, I remember this day more or less precisely: Sept. 7, 1958. Exactly 67 years ago, I sat in the stands at Forbes Field on a sun-splashed Sunday afternoon with my dad and brother, an uncle and a cousin, and two companionable acquaintances. We witnessed a baseball doubleheader ...

Last week, two children were killed when a gunman opened fire during a Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis. Eighteen others were injured. The next day, police at the University of Pittsburgh sent out a campus-wide alert informing students, faculty and staff that there was an ...