Pennsylvania drivers deserve better from their Turnpike Commission. While families struggle with 17 consecutive years of toll increases and rising costs of living, the commission recently approved $367,107 in raises for top executives, including an $86,000 increase for CEO Mark Compton, ...
Local pharmacies need help You may have heard a lot about the pharmacy closures that have hit our area hard. Spotlight PA did a great article a few weeks ago highlighting many of the challenges. We have had a tremendous influx of new patients. Unfortunately, we could not help many due to the ...
Generations of kids have ducked out in school restrooms to sneak a cigarette. Readers of a certain age may recall “Smokin’ in the Boys Room,” the song made popular in the 1980s by heavy metal band Motley Crue that became the rallying cry for teenage rebellion: “Sittin' in the ...
Cheers: A Mon Valley business has initiated a fundraiser to benefit employees of U.S. Steel’s Clairton plant who were impacted by last week’s explosion that killed two and injured another 10. Michelle DeHosse, who owns Sparkles by Shell in Monongahela, and her friend, Heather Gwaley, of ...
Cheers: Kudos to the local students who began their golf season last Friday at Nemacolin Country Club in the TriCADA Golf Tournament. In a field loaded with Class 3A teams, two Class 2A golfers placed in the top 10, as Jefferson-Morgan junior Urijah Teasdale was fifth and Brownsville senior Ben ...
Albert Einstein said a picture is worth a thousand words. The photo of the sign at the Moshannon detention center in Philipsburg in today’s newspaper screams them. Irony, too. “Help shelter pets find their way home,” the billboard in the background reads. The signs’ ...
