I woke this morning to my 4-month-old son’s toothless grin as he – with the help of his father – presented me my first Mother’s Day gift: a framed piece of construction paper decorated in our handprints. It’s been nearly 21 weeks and sometimes, I’m still amazed I’m a mom, that my body was once this little boy’s home; that now, it’s his favorite pillow. When I think “mom,” I think of the time I skinned my knee and she tenderly cleaned the wound, and I laugh because last year, I tripped in the parking lot and scraped my knee and, even though I was 31, Mom cleaned my injury with hydrogen peroxide and a kiss. I marvel at how she, despite being bone tired, mustered ...
Since 1978, Bill Glowacki Sr. has spent a few days each May on a wagon train traveling Route 40. This year will be no different. Glowacki, of Mt. Pleasant, is the wagon master for a portion of the National Pike Wagon Train, which takes to the streets May 18 and 19 to visit communities in ...
A Peters Township man is in jail after being accused of possessing a collection of materials depicting the sexual abuse of children. In September Peters police were contacted by the Ashland County Sheriff’s Department in Ohio concerning Zachary Joseph Nee. According to charging documents, ...
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 ...
PITTSBURGH — Cody Bellinger hit a go-ahead single before Patrick Wisdom added insurance with a home run in the 10th inning, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday for a series victory. Bellinger led off by dribbling a ball through the left side of the ...
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes' stuff was as electric as advertised. A fastball that reached at least 100 mph 17 times. A slider that left major leaguers shaking their heads. An invention called a “splinker” that is a hybrid of a splitter and a sinker and dips and dives unlike any pitch ...
This is becoming a habit. The Schaumburg Boomers swept the Frontier League season-opening three-game series against the Wild Things, winning the finale Sunday afternoon, 6-3. That 6-3 margin was the same final score in all three games. And Schaumburg had 11 hits Sunday to Washington’s ...
Sure, we’ve had our days of unseasonable warmth lately, but remember that stretch back in January when it was so cold we could have ducked into a meat locker to warm up? Football fans in Kansas City surely do. On its way to winning its second Super Bowl in a row and its third since 2020, the ...
Nestled in the scenic area near Canonsburg Lake, the Little Lake Theatre Company has been delighting audiences for a whopping 76 seasons now. “We’re very blessed to be bouncing back from COVID,” said Patricia Knapp, managing director, adding that for a while they had to go virtual. ...