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Herald managing editor Eric Poole talks with reporter Michael Roknick about one woman's devotion to continue running marathons after enduring health complications due to COVID-19.
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WEST MIDDLESEX – Tuesday night’s West Middlesex council meeting ended the same way it began – with lots of shouting with accusations and finger pointing.
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SHARPSVILLE — Sharpsville Area School Board filled a vacancy Monday by appointing a new member.
SHARON – Two men accused of shooting and robbing a man in September in Sharon waived their right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday.
HERMITAGE — Students from the Children’s Center of Mercer County got some important tips earlier this month on how to survive a fire.
MERCER – County commissioners have agreed to repair 17 county-owned bridges at a total cost of just over $2 million.
Despite a moratorium on executions, Pennsylvania’s death-penalty statute has cost taxpayers nearly a billion dollars since 1976, or more than $250 million for each execution. Even more compelling, some of the state’s roughly 150 death-row inmates are, almost certainly, innocent. In a series of occasional editorials and columns this year, The Herald is urging Gov. Tom Wolf and the Pennsylvania General Assembly to abolish this inhumane, racially unjust, and outdated law, and join 23 other states in ending capital punishment.
No act by the state could be more egregious than executing the innocent. Committing such an atrocity, under the authority of the law and in the name of the people, bloodies the hands of all.
The last time I saw Darrell Siggers, he was slumped forward, cradling his head in his hands, inside the Wayne County Jail in downtown Detroit. His pain was palpable. It seemed to ooze from his eyes and mouth.
Pennsylvania’s death row holds nearly 120 prisoners at two State Correctional Institutions – Phoenix in Collegeville and Greene in Waynesburg.
In calling for an end to the federal death penalty, President Joe Biden spoke with bold clarity during last year’s presidential campaign. He also vowed to provide incentives for states to abolish their capital punishment laws.
Over my 45-year career as a doctor — the last 36 as a clinical cardiologist in rural East Texas — I’ve struggled to make my peace with death. As a young doctor, I felt immersed in a dark sea of suffering and death. A beginner, unwarrantedly, assumes responsibility for these maladies, that fo…
I have a lot to be thankful for. and I thank God for those things, too.
I am aware of a love affair that has all of the ingredients of a steamy novel. There is passion, hate, an overwhelming preoccupation with the object of affection, a heedless disregard for the conventions of the day, and a recklessness that throws caution to the winds.
In 1989, I was the first African American woman elected to Farrell’s school board, and the first to win a city-wide office in the then-150 year history of Mercer County.
No act by the state could be more egregious than executing the innocent. Committing such an atrocity, under the authority of the law and in the name of the people, bloodies the hands of all.
The last time I saw Darrell Siggers, he was slumped forward, cradling his head in his hands, inside the Wayne County Jail in downtown Detroit. His pain was palpable. It seemed to ooze from his eyes and mouth.
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Roy “Big Dad” CAMPBELL, 59, Sharon.
Shirley J., 84, formerly of Jamestown. Celebration of life service: 11 a.m. Saturday (10-23-21) in LOUTZENHISER-RANDALL FUNERAL HOME and CREMATION SERVICES, 416 Liberty St., Jamestown, with the Rev. Dan Miller, pastor of Jamestown United Methodist Church, officiating. Family and friends will…
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VIDEO: After canceling last year due to COVID-19, WaterFire returned to Sharon Saturday.
SALT LAKE CITY — With the governor of Texas leading the charge, conservative Republicans in several states are moving to block or undercut President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for private employers before the regulations are even issued.
Grove City College math professor Dr. Kelly Bonomo will talk about ranked choice voting Saturday during a Mercer County League of Women Voters program.
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U.S. health advisers said Thursday that some Americans who received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine should get a half-dose booster to bolster protection against the virus.
WASHINGTON — Members of the House on Tuesday pushed through a short-term increase to the nation’s debt limit, ensuring the federal government can continue fully paying its bills into December and temporarily averting an unprecedented default that would have decimated the economy.
SALT LAKE CITY — With the governor of Texas leading the charge, conservative Republicans in several states are moving to block or undercut President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for private employers before the regulations are even issued.
WASHINGTON — For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized an electronic cigarette, saying the vaping device from R.J. Reynolds can help smokers cut back on conventional cigarettes.
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Chance of Rain: 14%
Sunrise: 07:39:55 AM
Sunset: 06:32:58 PM
Humidity: 71%
Wind: SSW @ 7mph
UV Index: 0 Low
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy. Low 51F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of Rain: 88%
Sunrise: 07:41:03 AM
Sunset: 06:31:30 PM
Humidity: 81%
Wind: SSW @ 12mph
UV Index: 3 Moderate
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy skies early will give way to occasional showers later during the night. Low 49F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Chance of Rain: 48%
Sunrise: 07:42:11 AM
Sunset: 06:30:04 PM
Humidity: 82%
Wind: NNW @ 6mph
UV Index: 2 Low
Friday Night
Cloudy skies. Low 42F. Winds light and variable.
Chance of Rain: 16%
Sunrise: 07:43:20 AM
Sunset: 06:28:38 PM
Humidity: 71%
Wind: W @ 8mph
UV Index: 2 Low
Saturday Night
Clear to partly cloudy. Low 37F. Winds light and variable.
Chance of Rain: 58%
Sunrise: 07:44:28 AM
Sunset: 06:27:14 PM
Humidity: 72%
Wind: S @ 6mph
UV Index: 3 Moderate
Sunday Night
Overcast with rain showers at times. Low 48F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Chance of Rain: 58%
Sunrise: 07:45:37 AM
Sunset: 06:25:51 PM
Humidity: 83%
Wind: ESE @ 9mph
UV Index: 2 Low
Monday Night
Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers. Low 44F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Chance of Rain: 38%
Sunrise: 07:46:47 AM
Sunset: 06:24:29 PM
Humidity: 78%
Wind: E @ 8mph
UV Index: 3 Moderate
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy. Low 43F. Winds light and variable.
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