Twenty residents apply for open Fayette County commissioner seat

Joe Angelelli takes heart in a finding from a study on nonviolent protests: Once 3.5% of the population shows up consistently in protest of an issue, it flips. A Thursday forum in Carmichaels, which drew about 35 people to hear about the potential impacts of the Trump administration’s ...
Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect that Lisa Nicholson is no longer an assistant to the district attorney Twenty people expressed interest in taking a seat at the commissioner's table, among them are former commissioners, current supervisors, a former mayor, veterans, educators ...
A Normalville man allegedly tried to rob the Honey Bear Gas in Bullskin Township station late Thursday using an Allen wrench he tried to pass off as a gun, police said. State police contend that around 11 p.m., Michael Nickelson, 37, pointed a cylindrical object at gas station employee Derrick ...
WAYNESBURG — Jefferson-Morgan used a 10-run second inning to take control in Thursday’s game against Greensburg Central Catholic in the first round of the WPIAL Class A softball playoffs at Waynesburg University’s softball field. Despite an 11-0 lead after two innings, the Lady ...
Geibel Catholic saved its best performance for its last. The Gators’ baseball team won their final game of the season on Monday in a 2-1 victory over Hillel Academy in non-section play at Andrew T. Soberdash Memorial Athletic Field on the campus of Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior High ...
SLIPPERY ROCK — One was expected … the other … not so much, but California’s Lee Qualk and Mount Pleasant’s Jarett Garn will take the gold. Qualk entered Wednesday’s WPIAL Individual Track & Field Championships at Slippery Rock University as the top seed and defending ...
On a summer evening in Milwaukee, with his team mired near the bottom of the National League, Pirates' manager Bobby Bragan emerged from the dugout mid-game. Bragan headed toward the umpires. Strangely enough, he was sipping from a small drinking carton. Moments earlier, the brash Bucco ...
(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email hssports@heraldstandard.com.) NEW TRAIL AT LAUREL HILL STATE PARK The Scenic View Trail at Laurel Hill State Park ...