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Briefcase: Sheetz celebrates National Coffee Day

Local Business September 21, 2026

Sheetz is celebrating National Coffee Day with a special offer for its customers: a free self-serve coffee — hot or iced, any size, including XL — with any qualified purchase. This limited-time offer is available starting on National Coffee Day Sept. 29 through Oct. 1 at all 850-plus Sheetz locations. To redeem the offer, customers must be enrolled in the My Sheetz Rewardz loyalty program. The offer is limited to one redemption per loyalty member and is not valid with purchases of fuel, alcohol, cigarettes, tobacco, lottery items, half-gallon or gallon milk, financial or prepaid ...

States settle Paramount-Warner merger lawsuit

Local Business September 21, 2026

CHICAGO — Twelve states and Hollywood writers challenging Paramount’s buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to settle their lawsuits on Monday, effectively paving the way for the $81 billion mega merger to cross the finish line, with some new commitments from the company. The ...

Americans being suckers — A 250-year tradition

National News September 21, 2026

NEW YORK — America: land of possibility. And also: land of suckers. Our enduring belief that anything is possible — whether based in reality or not — has helped the nation become the world’s largest economy. It has also led us to fall head over heels for hucksters and charlatans, ...

Ticker: Wall Street rallies within 0.4% of its record

Local Business September 21, 2026

Wall Street climbed to the edge of its all-time high, and stocks rallied worldwide after oil prices and yields in the bond market surrendered their market-rattling gains from last week. The S&P 500 jumped 1.5% Monday and pulled within 0.4% of its record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 2.3% as chip stocks led the way. Stocks benefited from a drop for Brent oil back toward $100 per barrel, while the 10-year Treasury yield fell to 4.95%. The easing pressure helped indexes rise more than 1% from Germany to Hong Kong to South Korea. China, US ...

Raindrops, won’t stop

Local News September 21, 2026

Dan Casey of Juniata takes his daily 30-minute walk along North Fifth Street despite the rain on Monday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Man’s bid for new trial in 2009 double homicide of 2 Mount Union women denied

Local News September 21, 2026

The life sentence of a former corrections officer who was convicted of murdering two Mount Union women in their apartment 17 years ago has been upheld in an opinion issued late last week by the Pennsylvania Superior Court. Morico Tyrone Johnson, 52, is presently incarcerated in the State ...