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Hearty heritage grains like Rosen Rye are making a comeback with Pennsylvania farmers, aiding craft distillers and boosting small farming.

Adele Ibbotson, Teresa Arundel, and Vicky Tupper have all received promotions.

Arvest Bank has awarded several teachers in Pope County as part of their annual “We Love Teachers” initiative.

Heritage grains: Long-lost whisky grain varieties are being resurrected by distillers, bringing exciting flavours into the bottle.

Hosted by Brendan Gleeson, the new Saturday Night Live episode sees the cast members poking fun at the drama surrounding the comedy YouTubers, who fired Ned Fulmer over his cheating scandal.

We review Stoll & Wolfe Straight Keystone Rosen Rye Whiskey. It's made with an heirloom rye grown out from a mere 24 seeds acquired from a UDSA seed bank.

Rosen Rye, a historic Pennsylvania rye grain with historic ties to distilling, once went extinct. Now, after a concentrated effort to bring it back, the first bottles of Stoll & Wolfe Straight Keystone Rosen Rye Whiskey come to market.

Earmarks were banished from Congress over a decade ago, but the funding for lawmakers' pet projects is marking a sudden return.

About $14 billion, or 1% of discretionary spending, will be devoted to earmarks in this year’s spending bills. The requests that lawmakers made, listed on the House Appropriations Committee website, go beyond the roads, bridges and research grants earmarked in the past. Republican Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana, for example, wants $775,000 for a mobile medical clinic offering free cancer screenings to rural residents in his district. And Democratic Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania wants...

Briefs: Displaced in Gaza face familiar plight George Floyds family holds rally, a little US city tells its stories, India virus death toll passes 300,000, EU calls for probe after plane diverted to arrest journalist and more news for Monday Author: May 24, 2021 People walk amid the rubble of a destroyed residential building which was hit by Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) George Floyds family holds rally, a little US city tells its stories, India...