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“If you build it, he will come,” from the script of the 1989 baseball film “Field of Dreams,” became among the most recognizable movie lines in the last 50 years. A slightly modified version — replacing “he” with “they” — has also been embraced in the conservation world. It’s a nod to the value of habitat improvement, whether natural […]

Semakaleng Mathebula fires up the burner, aims a giant blue-orange flame toward a multicoloured balloon and watches as it fills with hot air and begins to lift off the ground. The 27-year-old is South Africa’s first Black hot air balloon pilot, and one of few women participating in the niche sport, which traditionally has been […]

CENTRAL POINT — Maddie Sheadel blasted a two-run homer to spark a five-run outburst in the third inning for Crater and propelled the fourth-ranked Comets to a 10-6 win over North Medford Wednesday evening. Crater (19-6) outhit North Medford 12-9, getting two hits apiece from five different players — Kailee Davis (2-for-4), Alyssa Kilbane (2-for-4), […]

Courtesy Photo Here is an example of the black ash market basket participants in Saturday’s seminar will make and take home. MILLERSBURG — Crafters of all experience levels are welcome to join Kris and Ron Sorgenfrei to make their own black ash market basket from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. […]

Recent remarks by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, noting the institutional damage caused by the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion on Roe v. Wade, have gotten exhaustive coverage in the press. But, not surprisingly, the venue where Thomas made these remarks has gotten little attention by these same journalists. The event was […]

Black Forest Academy goalkeeper Kaleb Kroeker stops an attack on goal from Ramstein’s Landon Shockey in the DODEA-Europe boys Division I semifinals on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes) RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – If Wednesday’s DODEA-Europe Division I boys soccer semifinals were movies, reviewers could have a […]

LOYSBURG – The Bedford High School boys squad used depth to edge Windber by only 1.5 points in the team race, and Conemaugh Township’s Ethan Black broke two meet records in the District 5 Class 2A Track and Field Championship Meet on Wednesday at Northern Bedford County High School. Bedford needed a comeback victory in […]

Story Links MW Network (Fri) Live Stats SAN DIEGO — San Diego State hits the road for its final series of the season this week when it ventures to Sin City to battle first-place UNLV, May 19-21, at Earl E. Wilson […]

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Professional athletes who play for the Buffalo Bills, Sabres and Bandits gathered Wednesday outside the Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue to offer their support to a grieving community, days after a white supremacist murdered 10 Black people and injured three others in the largest mass shooting in the United States this year. The players […]