Drone academy opens world of aviation to female high school students
A statewide effort to preserve the stories of Pennsylvania service members killed in World War II is seeking volunteer writers, including in Washington, Fayette and Greene counties. The project, led by Kathy Harmon of Franklin County, in south central Pennsylvania through the nonprofit Stories Behind the Stars, aims to document the lives of the estimated 421,000 fallen Americans from World War II, including 31,000 from Pennsylvania. So far, more than 11,000 stories - including 292 in Washington County, 205 in Fayette County, and 39 in Greene County - have been completed and published on Fold3.com. In Washington County, an estimated 761 service members died during World War II, while ...
UPMC Washington has received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for providing evidence-based stroke care for the 17th consecutive year. Stroke is the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S., claiming over 160,000 lives annually, and it remains a leading cause of long-term adult disability, with approximately 795,000 new or recurring strokes occurring each year, according to the American Heart Association. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel supplying the brain is blocked by a clot or ruptures, preventing blood and oxygen from reaching brain tissue and causing brain cells to die. Early detection and rapid treatment ...
At the Fayette County Fairgrounds Wednesday night, people kept craning their necks in amazement. The sight that drew multiple comparisons to New York City was the fair’s new small species barn, which many were seeing for the first time at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. At 100-by-176 feet, ...
A Farmington man is accused of traveling to a Fayette County park with the intent of a sexual encounter with a teenage girl. Gary Phares Jr., 39, had been communicating via text and Facebook with someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl for a month before Wednesday afternoon’s planned meet-up at the Wharton Township Park, according to the criminal complaint. On Monday, a person not listed in the criminal complaint contacted Pennsylvania State Police about the messages, which began with Phares asking the girl’s age and continued with a series of sexual comments, as well as naked photos of Phares, court paperwork stated. Phares also discussed setting up an encounter with the ...
A Monongahela couple is facing felony child endangerment charges after their 2-year-old daughter was found with more than two dozen bite marks across her body and a laceration on her abdomen that required stitches. City of Monongahela police were dispatched to Penn Highlands Mon Valley ...
Belle Vernon took control early and reasserted itself late in winning its opening game at the Pennsylvania American Legion Baseball playoffs on Saturday evening. Belle Vernon built an early 5-0 advantage then pushed across three insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth inning after host ...
Umpire Joe Volpe began presenting a pair of sportsmanship awards in 2021, choosing one player in the Fayette County Baseball League and one in the Fayette American Legion Baseball League. "I just always thought good sportsmanship shouldn't go unnoticed and when my colleague Paul Lancaster ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong was 4 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 11-0 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. Shota Imanaga (7-8) held Pittsburgh to four hits in six innings, striking out four and walking one. Pittsburgh's Paul ...
At about 9 years old, I decided I wanted to build a treehouse. We had a sturdy black walnut tree in our backyard, and I had amassed a pile of old weathered fence slats with enough splinters to disable a battalion of enemy soldiers. I had a handful of nails I had painstakingly pulled from ...
For some it has been a beautiful summer with lots of sunny days and just about the right amount of rain. The corn fields are happy with recent rains and folks with pools and golf outings have been able to enjoy being outside. We did have two visits from intense heat domes that brought some ...
