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Age of innovation: American ideas resulted in groundbreaking discoveries

Editor’s note: This week marks the final chapter in our three-month series of exploring America at 250 years old through the lens of some of the most important national events that took place in our communities. We enjoyed presenting these important slices of American history — and hope ...

Heat, humidity to blast eastern US

A long and dangerous heat wave will blast a large swath of the central and eastern United States this week, the National Weather Service said, with temperatures rising ahead of the July Fourth holiday and feeling even hotter because of the high humidity that’s arriving with it. Already, ...

Owner of Rossi’s Corner Store in Tipton set to retire after 42 years

TIPTON — Cate Rossi has spent her entire career at one location — Rossi’s Corner Store, 4368 E. Pleasant Valley Blvd. in Tipton. Rossi, 61, will retire June 30 after 42 years at the business she and her brother Lenny started in 1984. Rossi, a 1982 graduate of Bellwood-Antis High ...

Lawmakers scramble to address skill games ruling

Taxing skill games could generate more than $1 billion a year in tax revenue, according to estimates by the administration of Gov. Josh Shapiro. And a Supreme Court ruling is forcing lawmakers to decide whether to legalize and tax the machines creates the tantalizing opportunity to use skill games revenue to plug what could otherwise be a daunting funding shortfall. The state Independent Fiscal Office this week updated its revenue forecast for the 2026-27 fiscal year, now projecting that the state will bring in $49.75 billion — about $3.55 billion less than Shapiro’s proposed ...

Logan Township supervisors apply for funding for Strawberry Hills project

The Logan Township supervisors Thursday authorized an application for a $3 million grant from the state Department of Community and Economic Development’s Multi-Modal Transportation Grant program to help pay for construction of a second entrance to the township’s Strawberry Hills ...