The guy who tells lies every day has been saying since 2015 that a flood of criminals, drug dealers and rapists have been coming into our country from south of the border like a swarm of stupid “animals.”

President Trump’s nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, is not fit to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. Moreover, the Senate should not allow any vote for a lifetime appointment when the nominee has not been fully vetted or when the president is under investigation.

Taking the position that everyone deserves a second chance, the Southern Columbia Area School board last week made a bold step in hiring Pete Long as its new varsity boys basketball coach.

If watching segments of the four-day chaotic marathon of Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings wasn’t enough, enter Christine Blasey Ford, a registered Democrat, Bernie Sanders supporter and psychology professor at Palo Alto University, who claimed that she wa…

Justification offered by the seven members of the Kulpmont-Marion Heights Joint Municipal Sewer Authority for why they have spent an average of $1,145 on five meals over the past 2 1/2 years falls well short of satisfying the public.

“The youth use of e-cigs is rising very sharply,” Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Wednesday, as he issued the federal government’s most forceful warning yet that these electronic nicotine-delivery devices are hooking a generation of teenagers. He promised that “…

If the lack of an external enemy since the end of the Cold War has made America weak and feckless, as some argue, then can the rise of China give America a newfound vigor and sense of purpose? Probably not.

It’s only taken 13 years, but Pennsylvania is finally starting to pre-qualify people for a new enhanced identification card.

It’s a good bet that most Americans are familiar with and look forward to the one national holiday in September that has more to do with wrapping up the summer — although unofficially — than it has to do with celebrating labor.

By the time the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson got his chance to speak, Aretha Franklin’s eight-hour home-going service was nearly half over. But Jackson’s message loomed large over the day. Jackson said sorrowfully, “We have long lines to celebrate death and short lines for voting.” He added, “If yo…

Cheers to the Secretary of Labor and Industry, Jerry Oleksiak, for his visit to the area CareerLink in Sunbury to learn the efforts of hiring local workers. It’s good to see government officials tuning in to the smaller scale of their decisions by visiting communities like ours.

Immunity from prosecution for those reporting a drug overdose is the law in 40 states, including Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Simply stated, if you act in good faith in calling 911 to help someone in danger, you won’t face criminal charges for simple possession of drugs or paraphernalia.

In nation after nation, and diocese after diocese, the Roman Catholic Church’s clerical sex-abuse crisis has struck with devastating force, a decades-long scandal as pervasive as it is poisonous. Countless lives have been damaged and ruined, especially those of victims who were children when…

September is back to business for school children and workers who have burned off their vacation time. Why isn’t it the case for state lawmakers?

Colleges that have banned hard alcohol say the step has helped combat some of the most pernicious effects of campus drinking. They report less consumption, fewer alcohol-induced medical transports, hospitalizations and arrests, as well as a decrease in binge drinking and other high-risk beha…

The News-Item’s cheers and jeers from the past week of news:

Those developing safety and security protocols couldn’t have imagined just a decade ago the ways in which drugs and other contraband can be smuggled into prisons today.

With the National Football League (NFL) season getting underway, more women referees will matriculate to the league due to the continuing success of official Sarah Thomas. The 45 year-old Mississippi native and mother of three got her break three seasons ago and made the most of it. The NFL …

My hometown is a community still longing for the old days. Like in many coal towns, the people of Shamokin seem to have an unusual fascination with coal mining, romanticizing about an industry that caused irreparable harm on our people and community. Perhaps with so many decades between then…