It’s not the same thing as a train arriving at the Scranton station, but the Shapiro administration’s decision to make PennDOT the lead agency in the effort to reestablish passenger rail service to New York resolves one of the most persistent problems with the project. For decades, long ...

Some members of the Iowa Senate do not think that public notices published in newspapers remain relevant and necessary. A bill filed in the newly formed Technology Committee moved through committee in two days and last week moved through the Ways & Means Committee in one day. Senate File ...

The Democratic leadership in the state House has some tough questions to answer. Recently, state Rep. Mike Zabel, D-Upper Darby Township, resigned due to numerous complaints of sexual harassment. As Spotlight PA and the Williamsport Sun-Gazette reported about a week ago, the leadership of ...

For most Americans, including people of the Southern Alleghenies region — Blair, Cambria, Somerset, Bedford, Huntingdon and Fulton counties — life is returning slowly but steadily to the way it was prior to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Seeing a person wearing a mask is much less ...

Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of one the most important U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the 20th century. The High Court’s unanimous ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright established the right of the accused to an attorney and adequate defense, regardless of income. The landmark 1963 ruling ...

“Leadership, courage and decisiveness.” These are some of the attributes of Captain Howlett D. Cohick praised in the citation that accompanied his Distinguished Flying Cross, one of the most prestigious medals awarded by the U.S. Air Force. Cohick was one of the last Air Force pilots to ...