“‘O.K., we’ll go,’ (Gen. Dwight D.) Eisenhower said. With that, nearly 3 million men launched a heroic assault against (Adolf) Hitler’s tyranny. Today the invasion is still fresh in the Western imagination. It was the apotheosis of American power and morality, and of common purpose ...

The Memorial Day-related front-page article in Monday’s Mirror provided two pictures 180 degrees apart regarding the annual patriotic observance. It is apropos to reflect on both, not only encompassing communities in the Southern Alleghenies region but others throughout the state and ...

Pennsylvania’s county prisons have been a hot topic in the news periodically for much of the past half-century, with county prison boards and commissioners often wrestling with issues like: — Deterioration and whether to renovate the existing facility or build new. — How to deal with ...

On America’s political front, 2024 might end up being the most divisive year people of this nation will witness and experience in their lifetime. Many Americans already are longing for the day when the presidential election will have come and gone and, on that note some already are looking ...

At first glance, the $50,000 of Affordable Housing Trust Fund money that Blair County is making available to low- to moderate-income property owners to address code violations seems like a significant investment with broad positive potential. However, if you look more closely, you might grasp ...

Winding its way through Congress is legislation that would require the U.S. Postal Service to track crashes of vehicles carrying mail. The legislation, which carries the name Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act, and which passed the House on May 6, also would punish USPS contractors that fail ...