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Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: A 9-year-old’s selfless act of charity moved many to open their wallets and chip in for a new small livestock barn for the Fayette County Fair. During the annual livestock sale last Friday night, Harper Diamond of Smithfield slipped a note to the announcer before taking to the ring to ...

OP-ED: The perils of secondhand smoke

Like about 55% of men at the time, my dad was a smoker. You know, there were commercials that claimed, “More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette,” and “20,679 physicians say ‘Luckies are less irritating.’” Dad smoked Kent cigarettes that used asbestos in their Micronite ...

Public notices must remain accessible

Some state lawmakers seem to think they have come up with a way to modernize how local governing bodies get the word out about their meetings, pending actions, tax increases, new ordinances and other measures. But Senate Bill 194 — which resurrects the idea of putting public notices on ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Cheers to the Carmichaels Copperheads for winning their 15th Fayette County Baseball League championship last Friday. Carmichaels, coached by Dickie Krause, swept top-seeded Potomac Valley with three complete-game pitching performances, winning by scores of 8-0, 2-0 and 7-2 behind Gavin ...

LETTER: Silence is complicity

Kudos to Gary Stout for his recent op-ed of suggestions Democrats should employ for the future. All are reasonable except one. He urges us to “not waste resources attacking Donald Trump’s character.” This is bad advice, because we all need to be reminded of the content of his character ...

LETTER: Pa. needs strategy for energy dominance

Pennsylvanians could be forgiven for feeling a bit whipsawed when it comes to recent energy-related news here in the Keystone State. On one hand, the recently signed federal “One Big Beautiful Bill” pulls back from recent progress that has been made in clean energy production, limiting ...