Trump signs a bill funding the government for 6 months, avoiding a shutdown

More than 100 people waving signs reading “Save the Department of Education,” “Stop Oligarchy,” and “Nobody Elected Musk” took to downtown Washington Thursday afternoon for a “Stop the Billionaire Takeover” rally, staged in response to recent federal cuts ordered by President ...
Firefighters are among the first to put their lives on the line in an emergency, but with rising equipment costs, volunteer fire departments often struggle to find the funding to purchase new gear to protect their firefighters. So members of the Taylorstown Volunteer Fire Department were ...
A Waynesburg man was arrested after allegedly stealing more than $200 from his uncle after illegally entering his home early Thursday morning. Christopher Farkas, 26, was arraigned Thursday before Greene County District Judge David Balint. About 6:21 a.m., according to charging documents, Waynesburg police were dispatched to a residence on Greene Street, where Farkus’s uncle had reported his nephew loitering outside the property. When Waynesburg Patrolman Nathan Hamilton returned to the house after a follow-up 911 call, the uncle said “$200 and change” was missing from his wallet, police said. Furthermore, the complaint stated, the uncle said he had found his door left open ...
No one would have blamed Elijah Brown if he did a backflip or pointed to those in the crowd that supported him. But the humility that Brown showed in victory is what made the Belle Vernon junior’s state championship even more impressive. Brown earned a 4-3 decision over Kiski Area’s ...
Geibel Catholic’s girls basketball team continued its upward trajectory during the 2024-25 season, even if it didn’t end the way it wanted. The Lady Gators made a four-plus hour trip to play Otto-Eldred High School at the Duke Center in the first round of the PIAA Class A playoffs ...
Lily King’s greatness had already been established. The Mount Pleasant senior made sure her legacy stood out like no other high school swimmer in the state of Pennsylvania Thursday. King claimed yet another PIAA and pool record in recording her eighth state gold medal at the PIAA Class 2A ...
If you’re often uninspired by the candidates on your ballot, now may be the time to throw your own hat into the ring. Democracy is not a spectator sport. From the very founding of our nation, citizen involvement has been the backbone of the American government. Active participation sustains ...
It may be hard to grasp this, but some people haven’t yet had enough winter. At least they hadn’t had enough by late last month. My wife was one of those who couldn’t grasp it, and her observation summed it up. “Do you realize you are going in the opposite direction of 99% of people ...