‘How he lived each day’
Members of the public are invited to share their thoughts about what improvements should be made in and around the Connellsville to McKeesport stretch of the Youghiogheny River. The Mountain Watershed Association is hosting the sessions on Monday, March 23, at Carnegie Library of McKeesport ...
An attorney who used to work in Washington County was indicted by a grand jury this week on allegations that he embezzled more than $1.3 million from a Pittsburgh nonprofit. Christopher Furman, 53, of Pittsburgh, faces charges of wire fraud and money laundering. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, Furman was named the president of the Society for the Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline, which has operated the Duquesne Heights Incline since 1964. The indictment accuses Furman of funneling $1,379,300 from the group’s bank accounts into his own between October 2024 and September 2025. Furman currently works for the Pittsburgh law firm Gabriel Fera. ...
The aroma of Chicken Milanese and Pasta alla Vodka wafted from the kitchen of the City Mission in Washington. Behind the food counter, volunteers from the men’s group at Immaculate Conception St. James Parish, clad in aprons, filled up plates for people waiting in line for dinner on ...
Whenever the WPIAL releases its new alignments for each sport every two years there are always a few schools that get caught on the wrong side of the enrollment numbers. For the 2026 football season that team is Waynesburg Central. The Raiders played in the Class 2A Century Conference in ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Bregman, welcome to the NL Central. Welcome back, Eugenio Suárez. Bregman is hoping to lead the Chicago Cubs to their first Central title since 2020 after signing a $175 million, five-year contract with the North Siders in free agency. But the competition is tough in a ...
Friday brought us what we call “the first day of spring.” But announcing spring is an arbitrary declaration, as we saw by last week’s weather. The latest date I’ve seen snow flurries in our local mountains is June 2, 1977. Spring, like all the seasons, can be hard to pin down. So, what ...
Cheers: We’re in the home stretch of the Herald-Standard’s annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. It’s not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...
Elmer Brown was following two friends on his four-wheeler last November, hunting caribou across a frozen channel in northern Alaska when the ice gave way. All three plunged into the frigid water. One friend drowned, and Brown, 45, later died of hypothermia, leaving behind five children. “He ...
