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Head for the polls Tuesday, May 21
May 18, 2013 Simple advice for Tuesday: GET OUT AND VOTE! Sorry to be belligerent, but sometimes it seems that's the only way. more »»
Heads should be rolling at the IRS
May 17, 2013 Last week, Internal Revenue Service officials insisted high-ranking leaders at the agency were not aware some conservative political groups were being harassed over tax matters. more »»
Keep an eye out for motorcycles while driving
May 16, 2013 Last year in Pennsylvania, there were 854,493 licensed motorcyclists, a 13-percent increase from a decade ago, and 409,017 registered motorcycles, 54 percent higher than a decade ago. more »»
Private workers should get same perks as public employees
May 15, 2013 Once again liberals in Washington are decreeing that a job “perk” available to government workers should be denied to those in the private sector. more »»
Congress should probe charges of IRS harassment
May 14, 2013 Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress seem upset about revelations the Internal Revenue Service focused enforcement actions on conservative political groups during the election campaign last... more »»
Parents right to raise questions
May 13, 2013 Sometimes it takes parents to bring an issue to light when local school officials are quiet. more »»
Heroes can live right next door
May 10, 2013 Sometimes we forget how many good people there are in the world. Then we read about someone like Charles Ramsey. more »»
Office of Open Records busy for right reasons
May 9, 2013 The state's Office of Open Records handled an 89-percent increase in the number of appeals since 2009 when the revised Right-to-Know Law went into effect. There are to ways to look at that number. more »»
What turned two brothers into killers?
May 8, 2013 Investigators continue to uncover more and more disturbing information about the Tsarnaev brothers, accused of setting off bombs at the Boston Marathon. more »»
Manchin should keep refining bill
May 7, 2013 U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin seems determined to gain full Senate approval of updates to federal background check rules for prospective gun buyers. Though the amendment he and Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. more »»
World War I film should get funding
May 6, 2013 One might suppose a documentary about the last American veteran of World War I would arouse enormous interest from those in government with the financial power to support such a project. more »»
Firms unite to keep close watch on stewardship
May 4, 2013 Industry and environmental groups do not often see eye-to-eye. But a group of companies in the shale oil and gas industry has decided to take its own step toward improved stewardship. more »»
Ben never had delays like this
May 3, 2013 Printers, especially those doing high-volume jobs requiring special paper and techniques, sometimes encounter challenges that delay production. We’re in the printing business. We understand tha. more »»
NRA won’t forsake Second Amendment
May 2, 2013 If you believe a ban on the sale of guns — any guns — by the National Rifle Association at its upcoming Great American Outdoor Show goes against the Second Amendment, think again. more »»
Policy needed that won’t hurt bank customers
May 1, 2013 Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has the right idea but the wrong strategy. Brown has introduced a bill intended to safeguard taxpayers from having to bail out more “too big to fail” banks in the future. more »» 
Martha E. Yoder
May 1, 2013 McVEYTOWN — Martha E. Yoder, 95, of Little Brick Road, McVeytown, died at 4:04 p.m. Monday, April 29, 2013, at her home. Born March 4, 1918, in Oliver Township, she was a daughter of the late David G. more »»
Petra I. Jerzerick
May 1, 2013 LEWISTOWN — Petra I. Jerzerick, 81, of Lewistown, died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at Lewistown Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. more »»
Marjorie E. Fryer
May 1, 2013 LEWISTOWN — Marjorie E. Fryer, 61, of South Grand Street, Lewistown, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at her residence. Barr Funeral Home Inc. more »»
Politics doesn’t mix well with military spending
April 30, 2013 No nation on earth has an armored vehicle capable of standing up to the U.S. Abrams tank. On conventional battlefields, it is virtually unbeatable. more »» |
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