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Apr 20, 2021 The Pennsylvania State Police announced recently that it will make it a priority to hire as many as 65 women who were otherwise qualified to become troopers but were not hired because they could not meet rigorous physical fitness standards — standards that apparently were not required to perform a trooper’s job duties. And while the hiring of more state troopers, and a group of people who will diversify the force as well, is wonderful news, we want to caution the state police to not admit people who are in any way incapable of performing a demanding job. We know one of the la...

No it’s not — but we hope we’ve caught your attention. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has made the right decision, pushing back this year’s tax-filing deadline to May 17 from the usual April 15 date. We believe the deadline push-back is appropriate, not only because of the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has dumped on the shoulders of millions of Americans but also because of how adversely the health emergency has affected the federal tax agency. In early March, the IRS still had not finished its 2019 workload and reportedly was trying to resolve numerous erroneously is...

Apr 2, 2021 Today, Good Friday, people around the world engage in prayerful remembrance of the death of Jesus Christ on the cross on Mount Calvary. For Christians, it is the most solemn day of the year. Unfortunately, like during most of last year, there is much additional suffering and death upon which Christians and non-Christians alike are pondering and agonizing, a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The past year has been a terrible “journey” of a scope hardly anyone ever imagined could happen in this time of medical breakthroughs often referred to as miracles. But yet, this planet...

For area high school students, the 2020-21 school year has been anything but normal. Masks, social distancing, remote learning, limited extra curricular activities and infrequent closures have become the norm. As the school year begins to wind down, the Class of 2021 prepares for their final days in high school. At Bellefonte Area High School, students, parents and families are still waiting to find out if there will be a Senior Ball and a traditional graduation. The Class of 2020 had none of that. When schools throughout the Commonwealth closed in mid-March, extra curriculars and spring sp...

Perhaps we need to add this: Hope is the vaccine we all get. It has been a long, long year since COVID-19 came a knockin. Many of us now spend our days trying to breathe that hope. At least we should be. We should be hopeful as a way to honor those who we have lost … and pay homage to those who are fighting to get us all out of the pandemic. This coming week, your community newspaper, The Express and its web site at www.lockhaven.com, will fill most of its print and online pages with hope — and hard work!