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When Pennsylvania State Police troopers arrived at a horrific crash in which a car catapulted off of an Interstate 79 overpass in Cecil Township on Memorial Day weekend nearly 50 years ago, they thought no one could have survived. The car had plunged 53 feet onto the old Montour Railroad ...

The reopening of the historic cast-iron bridge over Dunlap Creek in Brownsville is getting pushed back once again as contractors continue working off-site to restore the 187-year-old span. State Department of Transportation officials announced Tuesday that the completion date has been moved ...

Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...

The cost of freedom

A light rain stopped and the sun peeked out as hundreds gathered at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Cecil Township on Sunday morning for the annual Veterans Day ceremony to honor U.S. servicemen and women who died while serving in the military. "Memorial Day invites all ...

Sweet success

How sweet it is. Destination Candy in Washington was awarded the 2026 Governor's Achievement Employer Award by the Pennsylvania Workforce Development Association. The minority-owned, family-run candy company that was launched in 2023 by Christopher Adkins and his mother, Linda Adkins, was ...

The Canon-McMillan School District is eliminating Chromebook use for students in kindergarten through second grade, beginning in the 2026-27 school year. "Our stance, and our message to the community, is there is no need for it at that grade level. We can't control screen time outside of ...