House panel backs bills to curb gun control efforts
The House judiciary committee approved two bills: one to revive a local preemption law restricting stricter city gun laws, and another to let residents carry concealed firearms without permits. Gov. Wolf opposes both measures. The panel cites permit statistics and notes Texas momentum as a counterpart.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Tom Wolf
Lyndsay Kensinger
Aaron Bernstine
R-Lawrence County
Pennsylvania
Texas
Greg Abbott
West Virginia
Matt Dowling
R-Fayette County
State Supreme Court
Tulsa Race Massacre account finally told at Smithsonian
John W. Franklin reads his grandfather B C Franklin’s 1931 eyewitness narrative of Tulsa 1921 violence. The document, hidden for decades and only found in 2015, recounts white mob violence, murders, looting and arson in Greenwood, the Black district, now preserved at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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Tulsa
Okla
John W. Franklin
U.S
Smithsonian National Museum of
Greenwood
100 Year Old WWII Vet Maps Time in France
Donald Hepler Sr. turns 100 as a WWII veteran who served under General Patton. A draftsman by trade, he avoided Officer Candidate School after a board decision and served as a technician in Third Army Headquarters focusing on maps and intelligence records during the D-Day to southern France push. He and his wife Mary reside in Fayette with their son and daughter-in-law.
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Donald Hepler Sr
Hepler
Third Army
George Patton
Patton
France
Truscon Steel
Youngstown
Punxsutawney
Fayette
Mary
Veterans reflect on cost of freedom at Memorial Day events
Memorial Day weekend offered sun and warmth but rain dampened two local observances. State Rep. Chris Sainato attended the somber ceremonies, underscoring the day’s reflective purpose as communities honored veterans and the costs of freedom.
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Chris Sainato
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