Brad Hundt

NORTH STRABANE--When summertime or holidays roll around, most teachers have the luxury of steering clear of the school buildings where they spend their working days.

Author Melissa Wiesner has a new novel, "The Second Chance Year."

Before astronomy was born and eclipses were fully understood, it was believed that when the sky would unexpectedly grow dark during the day, it was because the gods were enraged, the sun had been devoured by dragons, demons or wolves or it was a harbinger of death and destruction.

But when the cook at Wavie and Jane's Emporium in Connellsville saw that the Powerball jackpot had soared past $1 billion, she decided to make an exception.

Austin Murphy, a former Democratic congressman and member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly whose life was marked by service and clouded by controversy, died Saturday. He was 96. At the time of his death, Murphy, a native of the Mon Valley, was a resident of Carroll Township. Murphy won the allegiance of voters during his […]

Starting at $3.75 week.

Starting at $3.75 week.

MT. LEBANON – Michael Pollan says that while we may often feel like we don’t have a lot of individual power, we wield tremendous power at mealtimes. “In food, we have the ability to choose,” according to Pollan. “And this is important.” And when it comes to food and how we consume it, Pollan has […]

Nancy Walker is “the entire boss of all jobs in Pennsylvania.” That’s how Walker, Pennsylvania’s secretary of the Department of Labor and Industry, was introduced to fifth-graders from the Fort Cherry School District Monday morning at Junior Achievement’s Biz Town in South Fayette Township. Indeed, Walker oversees a sprawling department that has a $1.5 billion […]

CECIL – For the second time in as many months, supervisors in Cecil Township heard from residents Wednesday who do not want oil and gas drilling near their homes and urged that additional restrictions be placed in the community’s oil and gas ordinance. The pleas from residents come as supervisors consider revising the township’s oil […]