Every once in awhile the average citizen gets a glimpse of the dangers that our first responders face while doing their jobs.
Last weekend, Eagle readers followed as even...
We commend Cleveland-Cliffs for donating $5,000 to each of the 11 fire departments that responded to a fire at the company’s Butler Works on March 16.
The fire broke out ...
March 29 is the day set aside to honor veterans of the war in Vietnam. Yes, there is a National Vietnam War Veterans Day. Most of us didn’t know that, did we?
Those born ...
It has been more than a decade since the “Kids for Cash” juvenile court scandal in Luzerne County stunned the nation.
As a result, two judges were criminally charged with...
Some people just don’t know how to quit. Once the generosity bug bites you, it is hard to cure.
Grace @ Calvary Lutheran Church members recently held their final service...
Two-thousand-pound “toys” and carloads of kids just don’t mix.
Once gain we are reminded of just how dangerous the 2,000 pounds of metal that we take for granted can be....
No matter what your political party, you have to admit any candidate being grilled for the job of U.S. Supreme Court justice is made of sterner stuff than most of us.
The...
The first rule for being a “servant of the people” should be that the people make the rules.
The pompous “candidates’ for governor of Pennsylvania who released their own...
In April 1961, a family sat around a kitchen table in Western Pennsylvania and listened to a special radio broadcast. President John F. Kennedy was addressing the nation ...
How important are the coaches of high school sports teams?
Recent announcements of coaching being given state and national awards have given us pause to consider the rol...