By Dave Bates For the Observer-Reporter Over the years, one tends to learn things the hard way. At least that’s the way it went for me. I learned a lot from watching the white flag of a deer’s back ...
The final step has been taken by City Council to eliminate the Act 205 distressed pension tax in the city of Washington. Council voted 4-0 Thursday to approve an ordinance to repeal the tax to defray ...
“The vice presidency is not worth a bucket of warm spit.” – John Nance Garner There has long been disagreement among political scientists whether vice-presidential candidates make a difference in ...
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of stories reflecting on 20 years of gas drilling in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Oil and natural gas companies are not the only financial beneficiaries of ...
It was the late fall of my senior year of high school, and it was snowing – the kind of weather that would have kept me inside and off the roads except that we were teenagers and bad roads didn’t ...
Smith Township police charged a woman Wednesday in connection with a two-vehicle crash last month. Alyson Marie Galentine, 37, of Smith Township, faces felony charges of aggravated assault by vehicle ...
Noah Lion threw two touchdown passes and Laurel Highlands was a 21-6 winner over Ringgold in the Class 4A Big Six Conference Friday night. Tristen Baker caught a 12-yard touchdown pass from Lion for a ...