Lucas will play the Smethport (Pennsylvania) Hubbers week one of the high school football season. Kickoff is set for Aug. 24 at 3 p.m.
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Former Mansfield police chief reflects on security challenges when U.S. president visits
MANSFIELD — Phil Messer knows what it’s like to try to protect the life of a U.S. president, helping to do just that when President George W. Bush came to Mansfield in 2004. Like millions of Americans, the retired Mansfield police chief watched television news on Saturday evening after a would-be assassin tried to kill […]
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Richland & Ashland Source alum working with Butler Eagle staff on Trump shooting story
BUTLER, Pa. — Former Richland Source and Ashland Source reporter Tracy Leturgey is in the midst of the biggest story of the year in Butler, Pa. If that location sounds familiar, it’s because Butler was the site of an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump late Saturday afternoon. The Butler Eagle reported at […]
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Column: Gettysburg ‘Peach Orchard’ a sobering reminder of historical lessons learned
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Peaches again now grow in the “Peach Orchard” in the Gettysburg National Military Park in eastern Pennsylvania. It’s been 160 years since musket Minie balls and artillery shells ripped through the famed orchard during the second day of the famous Civil War battle that turned the tide of a four-year struggle — […]