We doubt that the Williamsport Sun-Gazette can thank our communities’ firefighters and first responders too often. An article in our Nov. 8 edition reminded us of that truth. Eight volunteer firefighters from our region went to the Lehigh Valley recently to assist in efforts to contain and ...
Last weekend, the Williamsport Sun-Gazette was proud to resurrect one of our most popular features — the “Most Wanted” section. The guide shares details concerning people in our communities who have outstanding warrants, including photos. Our website will continue to be updated as ...
“This is in every community, far and wide.” Amy Riegel, executive director of the Coalition on Housing and Homelessness in Ohio, was speaking Nov. 4 about homelessness, poverty and the shortage of affordable housing in the Buckeye State. The number of good-paying jobs has not kept up with the soaring cost of housing here. So, “for every 100 extremely low income individuals looking for housing, there’s 40 units available,” according to Riegel. Extremely low income is $27,485 or less for a family of four. In Ohio, 28% of renter households are extremely low income, and there ...
In Tuesday’s editorial, we noted that the results of the 2024 could easily be understood as a referendum on Democrats’ disregard for Americans’ fears for their financial security, due in large part to inflation and the Biden administration’s unaffordable energy ...
Based on 58 multi-hour interviews and more than 7,000 documents, the independent bipartisan panel President Joe Biden assigned to analyze the Secret Service after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump this summer issued a grim warning: Without fundamental reforms to the agency, what happened in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13 “can and will happen again.” These changes, even more than the specific events of the rally, ought to be the focus going forward. To be sure, the facts are stunning, as they appear not only in the independent panel’s report but also in an interim ...
Our editorial board does not believe the results of the presidential campaign that ended a week ago should surprise anyone — least of all the frequent readers of this page. We have noted with alarm that the Biden Administration’s failures to address inflation or even communicate that they ...
