We all can understand and sympathize with the workers losing their jobs at Shop-Vac, who likely take little comfort in the plant keeping some operations open. We all should also be grateful that those operations continue — that not all of the Williamsport plant’s employees are losing ...

Having just shaken my hand at this local meet-and-greet, the young man looked down at me and asked awkwardly: “I’m sorry, but who is the United Way?” Taken aback by the question (I thought United Way was like baseball, hot dogs and apple pie), I stammered about being a conduit for funds ...

The Feb. 3 fiery freight train derailment at East Palestine, Ohio, involving dozens of cars, including tankers carrying hazardous materials, has understandably caused great anxiety in many people living near railroad tracks, including some here in Pennsylvania. All considered, that reaction ...

U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Dallas, is right: President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address last week failed to reassure Americans that the White House takes the most important issues confronting the United States seriously. As Meuser told the Sun-Gazette for an article in Thursday’s ...

There is the love between a parent and a child. There’s love for one’s partner, sibling, friend, pet. There is even the very real love a child feels for a favorite stuffed animal. Any parent who has had to wash that stuffed animal or search frantically for it can attest to that. Some ...

The federal Health Resources and Services Administration says about 158.4 million Americans currently live in areas with shortages of mental-health workers, while a decade ago a “mere” 94.8 million people resided in such areas. According to that federal agency, the number of mental-health ...