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What next?

On January 21st, Donald Trump will take over our country with unprecedented power. With the Republicans controlling both the house and Senate, and Trump’s and Musk’s control of every Republican Senator and Representative with the ability to “primary” them, and his control of the judicial branch, particularly the Supreme Court, the only major government institution remaining loyal to the Constitution will be the military. To cow our generals and other line officers into submission, Trump already has a commission in place assembling a list of line officers and Pentagon officials ...

Honor, service, integrity, respect, trust, courage and duty

Since the first police department was formed in 1845, thousands of men and women have taken the oath to protect and serve. Every day, these brave individuals put on their uniforms and say goodbye to their loved ones without the certainty that they’ll return. No matter the circumstance, police officers continuously strive to uphold their vow to protect others. Jan. 9 marks National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Since 2015, this gives the public a chance to show its gratitude to the over 900,000 law enforcement officers in our nation. In light of this, we invite you to support ...

Weather and highways

This is about the highway disaster on January 3, 2025., on Route 220. Remember, we had a sudden snowburst, the one that was predicted to hit the valley, and no Lycoming Penn Dot trucks in sight? I live in downtown Mill Hall, and wad driving to Harvest Moons Bowling Center for league. Roads were a bit nasty from Lock haven exit to Avis exit, but Clinton County Penn Dot trucks were noted on both north and southbound lanes. Crossed into Lycoming County, roads were in slightly better shapes, as twerps were driving at 65mph., plus creating snow trails needlessly. Noticed traffic stacking up ...

Pardons

Our current President needs to hurry, with only about two weeks to go he has a tremendous amount of work left to do. Bernie Madoff deserves a posthumous pardon and National recognition as a leading Democrat financial adviser. This only seems fair given the other actions he has taken recently. I’m sure with some diligent investigation there are many other scurrilous Democrats that could use recognition that he shouldn’t pass on, who would fit with his other sterling moves. RALPH HUGHEY Old Lycoming Township Submitted by Virtual Newsroom

Deaf ears?

I hope Clifford Rieders’ column in the Dec. 24 edition “Is Syria the Free World’s Next Mess” doesn’t fall on deaf ears in Washington. Mr. Rieders is right on target with his column and to turn a blind eye to the dangers Mr. Rieders cites can be catastrophic in the Middle East, and a threat to any attempt to stabilize that area. JERRY L. UPPLING Montoursville Submitted by Virtual Newsroom

Truth matters

Very soon reality may sink in for many voters as Trump’s team talks about making cuts in Social Security and Medicare as well as eliminating Obamacare, affecting 50 million Americans, in order to give tax cuts to the wealthy. It should have been obvious as Trump surrounded himself with billionaires who are directing policy. Despite Fox News being sued for $787.5 million by Dominion Voting Systems for saying the voting machines were bad, and Fox admitting they lied about a fraudulent election, people believed Trump when he said the election was stolen. He criticized our election ...