During the past week, the airwaves have been filled with tributes to the legendary Penn State coach, Joe Paterno. As I watched with sadness, I recalled the night I met Coach Paterno in the fall of 1975 in Delaware County, Pa. Charlie Keeler, Frank Hazel

Tim Potts landed a state job in 1972, fresh out of college, and spent 21 years in such jobs, 14 in the executive branch and seven as a staffer for the Pennsylvania Legislature. I first met him when he was working on the re-election of Gov. Milton Shapp a

The first month of 1977 was coming to a close, and district competition for area high school winter sports athletes — basketball players, wrestlers and swimmers — was just around the corner. However, their seasons were about to suffer an abrupt interrupt

Throughout his 35-year career as an Allegheny County Common Pleas Court judge, R. Stanton Wettick Jr. has handled all manner of cases, from mundane to controversial. But probably none has been so talked about, written about and fought over than the Alleg

Legislative efforts to privatize the state Wine and Spirits stores have been going on in Harrisburg, off and on, for nearly 40 years — going back to the administration of Milton Shapp. Now, Republican House Majority Leader Mike Turzai is making the same