ILION, Greece — For the careless and despairing alike, there’s a special day on the Orthodox Christian calendar to provide relief — with the help of some orange-flavored cake. Thousands of pilgrims gathered late Wednesday and Thursday at the Church of St. Fanourios, 6 miles northwest ...
In her 1994 memoir, Dolly Parton recounts in vivid detail the place where she found God. It was an abandoned church, in rural Tennessee where she grew up, that had become known as a haven for sex, drugs and violence. Rather than see the used condoms on the floor, the out-of-tune piano left ...
With the recent installment of Flock cameras in the nation, two residents aired their concerns during Thursday’s Logan Township supervisors meeting over the surveillance devices being installed in the area. According to flocksafety.com, Flock LPR cameras capture license plates, vehicle ...
Members of the Logan Township Supervisors board mourned one of their own during their Thursday meeting. Member Patrick T. Jones died from an accident on his farm about 3:15 p.m. Thursday afternoon, chairman James Patterson said while holding back tears. Jones was a retired Magisterial District judge, serving 39 years as the longest tenured judge in Blair County history, according to a Mirror article published in 2019. After discussing new business at the meeting, member Ronald Heller expressed his condolences to Jones’ family. Heller worked with Pat for about 40 years while ...
A lawsuit filed by Bishop McCort Catholic Academy against the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference and its member school districts has been settled amicably. Bishop McCort had filed the civil rights lawsuit alleging religious discrimination after an amendment to the Laurel Highlands ...
During an upcoming court hearing, one of Jerry Sandusky’s accusers, known as “Victim 10,” is expected to admit to providing false testimony about Sandusky’s abuse. A jury convicted Sandusky on June 22, 2012, of child sexual abuse and since that time Sandusky has filed several PCRA ...
