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13/01/2025

Perhaps no two words better describe Misty Gibson, R.N., clinical nurse coordinator at the WVU Medicine Center for Reproductive Medicine, than the name of the church-based women’s support group to

13/01/2025

“This is huge!”

13/01/2025

Friends Tavin Brown and Eli Berger aren’t afraid of the snow or the cold.

13/01/2025

Aaron passed away on December 29th, 2024. This is an update of a previous post that my friend Michael Petrone suggested a fitting repost ... R.I.P. Aaron.

Aaron “Skip” Brown was born on November 10th, 1948 in Hopkins, MN. At the age of 13, after his father took him to visit a friend who worked at the local newspaper, he decided that very day he would become a broadcast journalist. He walked around the house with a soda can as a microphone. Although he never came home with good grades in school, Aaron enrolled at the University of Minnesota as a political science major. He didn't graduate and instead enlisted with the U.S. Coast Guard. He'd already done radio talk shows as a teenager and returned to talk radio in Minneapolis after his stint with the Coast Guard. He took a flight on November 11th, 1969, the day after his 21st birthday, through Cleveland where his luggage got lost. When he arrived in Pittsburgh, he rented a car and on a cold snowing day, drove to Connellsville for an interview at a radio station with the call letters WCVI. While here, he met a couple who owned a furniture store, Jerold and Evelyn Mervis and they became friends. He ate lunch at Burns drug, learned to play guitar in his apartment, anything to occupy time and save enough money to continue his plan to be a national journalist. He’d move to Seattle, change his on-air name from Skip to his given name Aaron and switch from radio to television at a couple TV stations. Equipped with enormous self-confidence, he moved to Los Angeles. From there, He worked as a founding anchor of ABC's World News Now, Anchor for ABC's World News Tonight working alongside Peter Jennings and for Nightline. With his success there, he chose to make the leap to a relatively new network (CNN) which had started in 1980 and after twenty years had established its reputation. He is known for his CNN debut coverage earning him an Edward R. Murrow award, begun with the September 11th, 2001 Twin Towers terrorist attacks, his very first day on air. He continued as CNN's lead anchor during special events and breaking news until, in 2005, CNN chose to give his prime-time spot to the then up and coming Anderson Cooper. In 2006, Brown assumed the John J. Rhodes Chair in Public Policy and American Institutions at Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University. In 2008, he returned to television as the host of PBS's Wide Angle. Brown was anchor of the series, and did reports from the field through the end of the series on September 2, 2009. He taught a course called "Turning Points in Television News History" at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at ASU from 2007 to 2014. He is the recipient of several awards including a DuPont, two New York Film Society World medals and a George Foster Peabody Award. He also won three Emmys, including one Emmy for his report ‘Streets of Iraq’ during the Iraq War. We here in Connellsville are proud to have shared in his journey towards his lifelong dream.

10/01/2025

The WVU Medicine Children’s Birthing Center at Uniontown Hospital welcomed its first baby Jan. 8, at 11:52 a.m.

09/01/2025

Elle Mancini’s ability to connect with different personalities, along with her humanitarian bent, has allowed her to assume numerous leadership roles in her school, driving positive change.

07/01/2025

With the snowy weather, The Daily Courier welcomes submitted winter fun photos. Email to [email protected]

07/01/2025

According to an article in Yahoo Finance, “More than 11,200 Americans will turn 65 every day from 2024 through 2027” and become eligible for Medicare. Thousands more will enroll in

07/01/2025

Fay-West area residents woke up to snow covered roads and vehicles on Monday.

07/01/2025

The tiny hamlet of Davistown now has a new business and it is one that is already proving to be a big hit with locals and visitors alike.

07/01/2025

Hope. That's what City Mission-Living Stones is all about.

06/01/2025

In 1980, Connellsville Attorney Carmine Molinaro received a phone call out of the blue.

03/01/2025

Volunteers and the community said good-bye to Connellsville Area Community Ministries Executive Director Dana Check earlier this week.

03/01/2025

A new Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant will soon be coming to East Huntingdon Township.

02/01/2025

Connellsville High School senior Cameron J. Stern is something of a Renaissance man: a dynamic blend of intellect, musical ability, athleticism, and love for his community.

02/01/2025

More than 400 individuals made their way to Yough River Park in Connellsville on Wednesday morning to proverbally cleanse themselves of the last year and start the new year fresh

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