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DuBOIS — In June 2023, REAKT Fighting Arts & Fitness at 301 Aspen Way in DuBois will celebrate five years of instilling strength and co…
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KERSEY — Bailey and Trevor Herbstritt, 15-year-old twins of Kersey, have combined their passion for cooking things up in the kitchen throug…
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DuBOIS — The Diocese of Erie is hosting the relics of two saints which will be making their way to St. Catherine of Siena Church in DuBois …
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BROCKWAY — In the past, several area school districts joined together to put on the Special Olympics for their special needs students. Due …
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CLEARFIELD — Julie Houston and the Clearfield County Historical Society are preserving a valuable and unique window of area history by publ…
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Sports |
SHIPPENSBURG — Friday proved to be a historic day for DuBois Central Catholic, as the school’s track and field program captured its first-e…
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BROOKVILLE — For the fifth straight time at the PIAA Track and Field Class 2A Championships, the Brookville Raiders will bring home a state…
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PUNXSUTAWNEY — It was a tale of two different games on Friday at Harry Doerr Field in Punxsutawney where the first five innings of the Dist…
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Opinion |
Oftentimes, but especially when Mother’s Day comes around each year, I spend some time thinking about my mom and all the things I learned f…
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Editor’s note: “Around the Block” provides news at a glance, focusing on recent local happenings and personal interests.
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Business|
Explosions have rattled Kyiv during daylight as Russian ballistic missiles fell on the Ukrainian capital. The barrage came hours after a more common nighttime attack of the city by drones and cruise missiles. Debris from missiles intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses Monday fell in Kyiv’s central and northern districts during the morning. officials said the missile fragments landed in the middle of traffic on a city road and also started a fire on a building’s roof. At least one civilian was reported hurt. Air defenses brought down more than 40 targets during the previous night as Russian forces bombarded Kyiv with a combination of drones and cruise missiles. It was their 15th nighttime attack on the capital so far this month.
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President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an “agreement in principle” to resolve the looming debt crisis. But now Congress must rush to approve the spending cuts package in a matter of days to avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default. The Treasury secretary has said the U.S. will run out of money to pay its bills and could default June 5. Lifting the debt limit, which is now $31 trillion, allows more borrowing to pay the nation's already incurred bills. The compromise agreement risks angering both Democratic and Republican sides. It's a career challenge for McCarthy who commands only a slim Republican majority and needs Democratic votes to pass the package.
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