The Center Square) - Pennsylvania's public-school employees' pension fund is $41 billion short of what it needs to pay promised benefits. Last year, it missed the investment benchmark that officials set, a result they said was "primarily due to performance within private equity." As of Dec. ...
I feel that the representatives of those thirteen fledgling colonies, who gathered in Philadelphia 250 years ago, would be amazed that they were successful in severing their political ties to Great Britain. They probably did not think that the nation they were working to shape would still be ...
The Williamsport Sun-Gazette asked several people from throughout the region their perspectives on the meaning of the United States of America ahead of the 250th Fourth of July: John Leeser, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Publisher/Advertising Director Looking back to the bicentennial in 1976, I was just a kid growing up in Milton. The bicentennial offered parades, special events and festivities. My family went to Williamsport to see the Freedom Train. That was a major highlight for me as a teenage kid. But truth be told, I probably didn’t fully appreciate what it all meant outside of ...
A program that helps heart patients rebuild both strength and confidence now has a space designed to match its impact. UPMC Williamsport recently celebrated the completion of a major renovation and expansion of its Cardiac Rehabilitation gym with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony. The ...
The house was nearly packed as The United States Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus made a stop at the Journey Bank Community Arts Center as part of their Summer 2026 concert Monday night. The free concert, sponsored by the law firm of Casale, Bonner, Hillman and Southard, PC., and ...
A suspect in the Halloween night shooting death of a 15-year-old male near the 600 block of First Avenue in the city has been arrested, according to a post on www.crimewatch.net. 17-year-old Vincent Baskerville was into custody on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, by agents with the city police ...
