FBI searches Biden’s vacation home; no classified documents
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday without turning up any classified documents, the latest…
February 2023
First sweeping federal gun crime report in 20 years released
WASHINGTON (AP) — The most expansive federal report in over two decades on guns and crime shows a shrinking turnaround between the time a gun…
Phil’s Groundhog Day prediction: 6 more weeks of winter
PUNXSUTAWNEY (AP) — A furry critter in a western Pennsylvania town has predicted six more weeks of winter during an annual Groundhog Day celebration. People gathered…
Review: ‘Knock at the Cabin’ twists the home invasion horror
The Associated Press Knock. Knock. It being mid-winter (typically a doldrums in movie theaters), it’s a cozy relief to be able to throw open the…
Recent Deaths 2/2/23
Aldene K. Henderson, 90, of Pleasantville, died Jan. 30, 2023. Ruth Hopper, 82, of New Bethlehem, died Jan. 30, 2023. Thomas R. “Tom” Kemmer, 74,…
Former Knox man named to national metalworking board
From staff reports Neil A. Ashbaugh, a former Knox resident, has been appointed to a three-year term on the board of directors for the National…
National Fuel customers will see rate decrease with adjustment
From staff reports National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. has submitted to the state Public Utility Commission its quarterly adjustment to gas supply charges, and the…
Connecticut may exonerate accused witches centuries later
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Decades before the infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts, Alse Young was killed at the gallows in Connecticut, becoming the first…
Anti-abortion activists aim to sway GOP White House hopefuls
CHICAGO (AP) — Emboldened anti-abortion activists are looking to the 2024 presidential election as an opportunity to solidify their influence over the Republican Party. Susan…
Powell likely to stress Fed’s inflation fight far from over
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is cooling, and parts of the economy appear to be weakening. But Chair Jerome Powell is likely Wednesday to underscore that…
Baldwin faces involuntary manslaughter charge in set death
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors linked Alec Baldwin to an expansive list of alleged failures in firearms safety as they filed a felony involuntary…