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Salamanca woman jailed on murder, other charges

November 1, 2025

SALAMANCA — A city woman is facing murder and other felony charges after a death on River Street on Friday morning. The Salamanca Police Department re...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Apr 02, 2026

1969 Westerns Last week on the SiriusXM radio station, I heard the songs “Born to Be Wild” and “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,” two songs that see...

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Henry’s Pressing Issue

Apr 02, 2026

Is March Madness dead? For the second straight year, no mid-majors in college basketball made the Sweet 16. Every team seeded 13th through 16th lost a...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Apr 02, 2026

Easter outfits Whatever happened to Easter outfits? I’m remembering the days from my childhood when most people dressed up in their Easter finery for ...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Mar 26, 2026

Rock history We’re in a bit of an in-between time for heavy news periods, so with nothing else jumping to mind, let’s take another trip down memory la...

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Henry’s Pressing Issue

Mar 26, 2026

April Fools Day April Fools Day is coming up, and it’s an outdated holiday. We’ve reached a point, especially on social media, where a great deal of i...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Mar 26, 2026

Nothing has changed This was a commentary that I submitted to The Press 10 years ago, almost to the day. I’m rehashing it because we are in the same s...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Mar 19, 2026

No power, no prob Sunday night, after the Academy Awards were over and as I was getting ready for bed, the power went out. Although the power had gone...

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Henry’s Pressing Issue

Mar 19, 2026

NBA Tanking If you follow NBA basketball, you’ve seen it from commissioner Adam Silver and all over ESPN — teams intentionally losing is the league's ...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Mar 19, 2026

Wildflower islands Denmark is turning some of their urban harbors into havens for bees, birds and aquatic life by installing floating wildflower islan...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Mar 12, 2026

The Oscars The 98th Academy Awards are this Sunday, and awards season will come to a close with the who’s who of Hollywood gathering to pat themselves...

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Henry’s Pressing Issue

Mar 12, 2026

I’ve always been drawn to March Madness. It’s meant to be the antithesis of logical thought. The person who wins your bracket will not have watched co...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Mar 12, 2026

One-man war March 9 marked the day when a one-man war was finally over for Hiroo Onoda. The Japanese soldier finally surrendered on March 9, 1974 — ne...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Mar 05, 2026

What a haul A trip to the public library is always worthwhile, but even more so when the used book sale is going on. During the past couple of weeks, ...

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Henry’s Pressing Issue

Mar 05, 2026

Winter needs to end “That’s like a 40 degree day. Don’t nobody got nothing to say about a 40 degree day.” During his iconic portrayal of Stringer Bell...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Mar 05, 2026

Email AI Overview Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to annoy me and, in most cases, often goes too far. Not long ago, it showed up in my email me...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Feb 26, 2026

Coming around again Each week when I go through the archives for the Old Times Remembered, I continue to be surprised by how often the same topics fro...

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Henry’s Pressing Issue

Feb 26, 2026

Olympic curling I was looking to watch some reality TV on Peacock with my pug last week, and saw the Olympics were on at the top of the screen. To be ...

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Deb’s Pressing Issue

Feb 26, 2026

Polio could return CBS Sunday Morning featured a story last weekend that shocked me. Apparently, there are a handful of doctors out there who feel the...

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Kellen’s Pressing Issue

Feb 19, 2026

Gone, not forgotten Only seven weeks into 2026, and there have already been a surprising number of deaths of beloved figures. Civil Rights leader Rev....

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Henry’s Pressing Issue

Feb 19, 2026

Preconceived expectations A year and a half ago, Sam Darnold, then considered a bust as the former No. 3 overall pick by the New York Jets, had no exp...