The second-graders from South St. Marys Street Elementary School in St. Marys had a fun and memorable day of outdoor learning on May 19. The 80 or so kids who showed up were all smiles as they cycled through different stations set up at St. Marys Area High School to learn about critters of t…
CLEARFIELD — Julie Houston and the Clearfield County Historical Society are preserving a valuable and unique window of area history by publishing old negatives from The Progress newspaper, a partner publication of the Courier Express/Tri-County Weekend, on social media.
Three days each week I commute over to State College from Clearfield County for work. While it’s a 60-mile jaunt each way, most days it’s rather enjoyable. Especially now with spring exploding in and around our northcentral Pennsylvania landscapes. Budding trees of many colors will soon all …
DuBOIS – Beginning Tuesday, May 23, a paving contractor will begin milling and paving activities in the City of DuBois on Shaffer Avenue (Church Street to Brady Street), South Jared Street (Weber Avenue to Spruce Alley), West Weber Avenue (Jared Street to Pentz Run), Sandy Street (DuBois Str…
CLEARFIELD — With just two weeks to go, the leadership team for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Central Clearfield County is asking residents of Clearfield County to show their support for the event by turning their communities purple.
Abundant sunshine. High 87F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.
Clear skies. Low 57F. Winds light and variable.
Sunny along with a few clouds. High around 90F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph.
REYNOLDSVILLE — Magisterial District Judge David Inzana presided over the following preliminary hearings May 30.
PENFIELD — A DuBois man has been jailed after he allegedly physically assaulted and strangled a woman May 30.
DuBOIS — Preliminary hearings and other proceedings were held May 26 at the DuBois Magisterial Office with Magisterial District Judge David Meholick presiding.
DuBOIS — A DuBois man has been charged after he was allegedly conversing in a sexually-explicit manner with an online decoy believed to be 15 years old.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — A Punxsutawney man is facing charges after allegedly killing his neighbor’s cat with a blow gun.
SHIPPENSBURG — Friday proved to be a historic day for DuBois Central Catholic, as the school’s track and field program captured its first-ever medals at the PIAA Class 2A Championships held at Shippensburg University.
BROOKVILLE — For the fifth straight time at the PIAA Track and Field Class 2A Championships, the Brookville Raiders will bring home a state medal in the 4x100-meter relay.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — It was a tale of two different games on Friday at Harry Doerr Field in Punxsutawney where the first five innings of the District 5/9 Class 3A subregional between No. 3 Somerset and No. 2 Punxsutawney was a close affair as the Lady Chucks led 3-1 with the Lady Eagles missing ou…
SHIPPENSBURG — Both the DuBois and St. Marys track and field teams saw their athletes put together some strong performances Friday at the PIAA Class AAA Championships, but those efforts weren’t quite enough to bring home any medals on the opening day of states at Shippensburg University.
SHIPPENSBURG — Redbank Valley sophomore Mylee Harmon is back in the 400-meter dash finals, looking to defend her state title.
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 from her. She passed away in 1999, just shy of her 81st birthday, and at that age she could still win the majority of our Scrabble games.
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Shortly after celebrating somewhat of a milestone birthday last month, I peered closely into the mirror through my reading glasses and was not pleased with what I saw. Sometime when I wasn’t paying attention, the area from my lower lip line to my chin had begun to look dimpled and bumpy. All…
