Clinton News

Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger announced today that 265 miles of streams in Pennsylvania will receive increased protection after being designated as "exceptional value" waterways by the Environmental Quality Board.

Joe Wos, cartoonist, storyteller and executive director of Downtown's new Toonseum, has a new line for his business card.

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A Beaver County woman was shot in the upper thigh about 10:54 p.m. on Friday after a family member she was arguing with threw a loaded shotgun that discharged when it landed, Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release.

I'VE LONG suspected something's in the water up in Scranton, you know, maybe residue anthracite silt making its citizens overenergized when it comes to playing politics.

Attorney David J. Hickton, the presumed frontrunner for the position of U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh, has one step to clear before being nominated, sources said.

Eight-year-old Joshua Holder of Clinton, Pa., downed his first deer during a mentored hunt with his father, Jeff Holder, on the opening day of archery season.

A three-hour memorial run held Saturday raised money to help offset funeral expenses for Wyatt Smitsky, a 4-year-old boy who the coroner said drowned in a septic tank early last month.

A Clairton man faces a hearing this week in connection with two burglaries in Swissvale.

So, this is what we get for impressing out-of-towners, eh? During the Pennsylvania primary last year, then-candidate Barack Obama went out of his way to praise the state's beauty in general and Pittsburgh in particular.

There was no real decision to make about hosting the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh.

Penn State has more than 13,000 acres of research forests and farmland. Why would it need any more? The College of Agricultural Sciences has begun to outline its answer, as the university fights to claim the Spring Creek Canyon property to the east of campus.

Mike Wereschagin can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7900. President Clinton told the country's largest gathering of online activists that the changes they brought about in American politics could enshrine progressive majorities in Washington for a generation.

Janoski Farms on Route 30 in Clinton, Pa is having its second annual Farm City Days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, August 1-2. Admission is free and activities are endless.

W hether you're putting down pavement, picking some peaches, putting for par or pausing on your porch, you have to agree that this weather is ... well, it's pretty near perfect.

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Colin McNickle is the Trib's director of editorial pages. Ring him at 412-320-7836. E-mail him at: cmcnickle@tribweb.com . With word that the G-20 economic summit will be held in Pittsburgh in September, truth once again is taking a bashing, thrashing, beating and cheating.