Storms rip through region, bringing flash flooding and toppling trees
Federal, state, county and municipal government offices will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day. There will be no mail delivery, and banks and financial markets will also be closed The newspaper will not publish a print edition but please visit heraldstandard.com for news updates.
Uniontown City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday to adopt the city’s first comprehensive plan in more than 20 years. Mayor Bill Gerke said Tuesday that the plan is used by the city to guide its future growth, development, revitalization, and improvement. It also lays out city priorities for future ...
Food banks across Southwestern Pennsylvania are marking Hunger Action Month, and warning that food insecurity in the region has eclipsed levels seen during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the region, 1 in 8 people are experiencing food insecurity, a result of cuts in federal assistance ...
Amid the continuing measles outbreak across the country and in Pennsylvania, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending some adults who have already been vaccinated to get a booster shot. The first measles vaccines were introduced in 1963, and a small number of people born ...
If a question arose to use a phrase that described what stood out in Friday night’s non-section game between Uniontown and Ambridge at Bill Power Stadium, it would be best to borrow one that was coined so frequently by Mike Tomlin it became universal among coaches and media: “Splash ...
CALIFORNIA – There were six touchdowns in the first 19 minutes of Thursday’s football game between PennWest California and Charleston. If it seemed like it took a long time for that amount of points to be put on the scoreboard, that’s because they were scored over the span of more than ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For a fan, West Virginia football’s 2025 season wasn’t very fun. The Ohio game wasn’t enjoyable to watch, the UCF was brutal knowing the circumstances, the start to the Big 12 was rough, and it crescendoed to a 49-0 loss to Texas Tech to close out the season. Rich ...
People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. And no one dared … Disturb the sound of silence. – “The Sound of Silence,” Paul Simon Sometimes an idea for an essay comes from unusual places and at unexpected times. Such was the case this week. After hearing a ...
Compared with last year’s drought and excessive heat this was a pretty nice summer. We did have a few too many rainy weekends but overall we managed plenty of nice, sunny, comfortable days and the rains we experienced kept lawns green and crops and flowers happy. Meteorological summer ...
