School has resumed and our kids are back playing sports. It's great to see children competing in soccer, cross country, and volleyball. But with the return of high school and college sports, we once again are faced with the concern of biological males competing in girls' sports. This recent ...
As a local business owner who has proudly served this community over the past few years, I have witnessed firsthand the growing challenge that homelessness presents—not just for those without shelter but for the entire neighborhood, including small businesses like mine. Homelessness is often ...
In November 2023 the school board for Connellsville Area School District eliminated the traditional recognition of academic excellence when they voted 7-2 to no longer recognize a valedictorian, salutatorian, or top 10 students at graduation. Parents and students were only notified of this ...
I deplore the shooting death of Charlie Kirk but the fact that he was lying about transgender people in the seconds before he was shot reminded me of how disgusted I was with Matthew Dowling’s commentary Sept. 4. Trans people are estimated to make up 1-2% of the U.S. population and less than ...
So many are amazed to see our democracy being dismantled piece by piece by Donald Trump and his minions. He is not satisfied with destroying our government in Washington, D.C., he must now destroy it in the states too. He wants to send the National Guard to cities which are Democratic, and ...
On Aug. 15, columnist Beth Dolinar wrote about trying to catch a mouse in her house. Even though she said she didn't like glue traps because they didn't put the mouse out of its misery immediately, she used one anyway. Fortunately she didn't catch it in the glue trap. Glue traps are ...