On February 28th, the Lycoming County Beagle Club held its annual Rabbit Hunt. The weather finally broke, giving us a reprieve from bone-chilling cold and snow. With warm weather and a bit of a breeze, my dad and I were able to get the two beagles, Trigger and Radar, out for a run. It didn’t
Another rifle deer season is in the books. And if you haven’t tagged a deer yet, there’s still the late archery and flintlock seasons to look forward to. For those who were fortunate enough to fill a tag, the question naturally becomes: How do you want to remember the hunt? Maybe you’ve got a fresh
In the 1999 movie “October Sky,” a young Homer Hickam (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) witnessed Sputnik (launched Oct. 4, 1957) travel across the ink black sky of Coalwood, West Virginia. Inspired, he began a journey of model rocketry that would turn his passion into a career at Cape Canaveral working for NASA. It is a
Juneteenth has passed if you look at the date on the calendar. Yet Juneteenth is important to remember as not a fixed date on a calendar but as a span of time. The emancipation of slaves was a process. Even after the Emancipation Proclamation, slavery continued in certain areas like Texas, where the last 250,000
June 6, 2024, will mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. This Day of Days would pave the way for the liberation of Europe. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious invasion in military history consisted of 160,000 Allied troops, 11,000 Allied Aircraft, 7,000 ships and boats, and thousands of other vehicles. According to the National WWII
