Nineteenth-century Indiana passed some of the country’s toughest “blue laws” to protect Sunday’s rest and worship from alcohol and ... hot dogs? But Indiana’s push was noteworthy for another reason: It produced the country’s earliest known use in print of the culinary term that ...
Pennsylvania wrote the founding documents. It has spent 250 years arguing over what they mean. In courtrooms and committee rooms, Harrisburg and Philadelphia are fighting over the same questions the founders left unresolved: Who votes? Who draws the maps? And who gets to decide? As the nation gathers in this state to mark its 250th birthday, the battles over Pennsylvania’s election laws offer an unsettling mirror of how democracy actually works — and how easily it can be bent. The state escaped the redistricting battles that played out over the last year, largely because power is ...
The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission on Thursday welcomed the U.S. Brig Niagara back to her home port at the Erie Maritime Museum, on time as promised to kick off the holiday weekend. The return marks the successful completion of an extensive $6.9 million restoration and refit, ...
Time will no longer stand still in Hollidaysburg as the American Legion rededicates the Blair County Courthouse clocktower the morning of July 4 following a successful fundraising campaign that saw donations exceed $100,000. The Fort Fetter American Legion began fundraising efforts in early ...
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Altoona is getting ready to roll out the welcome mat for thousands of tourists anticipated to visit the region. The historic Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive will be in the Altoona area July 8-11 as part of its nationwide tour in celebration of the 250th ...
Four men are behind bars with bail denied after an investigation into the theft of the Altoona Rescue Mission’s metal donation containers led to the discovery of about $90,000 in missing containers and trailers full of stolen donations. Escobar Argueta, 32, and Gomez Palacios, 32, both from ...
