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Mars residents view eclipse at Masonic Lodge

MARS — The borough with the space-themed name was one of the hottest places to be for the solar eclipse on Monday afternoon, April 8. Mars residents gathered at the John ...

April 08, 2024 Community

Atlantic City casinos were less profitable in 2023, even with online help

ATLANTIC CITY, N,J. — Atlantic City's casinos were less profitable in 2023 than they were a year earlier, even with help from the state's booming online gambling market. ...

April 08, 2024 Business

‘Panama Papers’ trial starts. 27 people charged in the worldwide money laundering case

PANAMA CITY — The trial of 27 people charged in connection with the worldwide “Panama Papers” money laundering started Monday in a Panamanian criminal court. Those on t...

April 08, 2024 International News

A new experience: Knoch elementary students gather to watch solar eclipse

Brooklyn Johnston, 10, said she would have liked to join her grandmother and uncle — a scientist — to view the solar eclipse as it reached totality in Erie, PA, but said ...

April 08, 2024 Local News

American Red Cross handing out gift cards for blood donors

The Red Cross is offering an added incentive for blood donors over the next three weeks. From Monday, April 8 through Sunday, April 28, all who donate blood or platelets ...

April 08, 2024 Community

People gather to view solar eclipse in Mars

As the peak time to view the solar eclipse nears, many people have gathered at the John E. Mair Lodge No. 729 for an eclipse watch party. In Pennsylvania, the eclipse is...

April 08, 2024 Local News

Trump declines to endorse a national abortion ban. He says limits should be left to the states

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump said he believes abortion limits should be left to the states, in a video released Monday declining to endorse a national ban aft...

April 08, 2024 National News

Total solar eclipse wows North America

MESQUITE, Texas — A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behol...

April 08, 2024 National News

Sold out: People line up as Butler store opens for unusual hours to sell last-minute solar eclipse glasses

Rain drizzled down on Carole Bartlebaugh Monday morning, April 8, as she waited in line to buy solar eclipse glasses from one of the last stores that still had them in st...

April 08, 2024 Local News

Portion of Freedom Road affected after gas line struck

Traffic was affected on a portion of Freedom Road near its intersection with Valley Forge Drive in Cranberry Township after a gas line was struck by a construction crew M...

April 08, 2024 Local News

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