Fayette County teen charged with attempted homicide
The Laurel Highlands School District approved a preliminary budget with a $2.4 million deficit at its meeting Wednesday night. The tentative budget of $65,757,231 marks a $90,000 increase over the one in place for 2025-26, said Thomas Shetterly, the district’s acting business manager, during Wednesday’s meeting. “Over the next month, the administration, the board are going to work to pare that down to a balanced budget,” he said. The board will hold a work session at 5 p.m. June 15 in the board room of the administration office. Final adoption of the budget will come at the board’s regular meeting June 29, to be held in the Laurel Highlands High School auditorium. Board ...
The Fayette County branch of a Canadian oilfield services company will be closing later this year. The Smithfield facility of the Calgary, Alberta-based Calfrac Well Services employs 75 people, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification the company filed last week with the state Department of Labor. Layoffs will occur in phases, starting on July 20 and ending on Sept. 30, the notice said. The company did not return calls for comment. Calfrac reported first-quarter revenues of $305.1 million in 2026, compared to $370.1 million the previous year, which its quarterly reported attributed in part to lower North American activity. The company’s services include ...
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) will conduct a solemn Memorial Day ceremony honoring John Ross Dunn, bugler of the 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry, known as “The Ringgolds,” at Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery in Ruff Creek. The ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. Friday, May 29, and is open to the public. It was rescheduled from last week due to inclement weather. Dunn served as a bugler in the first of Pennsylvania’s distinguished Civil War cavalry units. Buglers played a vital role on the battlefield, transmitting orders and signals that guided troop movements during combat. This ceremony seeks to recognize Dunn’s service and sacrifice, as well as to preserve ...
A Fayette County teen faces a charge of attempted homicide after being accused of shooting a friend in the leg. Police were called to the Newell home of Isaiah Novak, 18, after a report of a shooting around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, court documents stated. The juvenile victim, who was not named in ...
Jefferson-Morgan High School will hold its commencement on Thursday, May 28, at 7 p.m. at the Stanley Fowler Auditorium, with 58 students graduating. Valedictorian is Joseph Bair, son of Erica Chidester and LJ Stickovich, and John Bair and Carrie Waters. He will attend Penn State Behrend ...
One of many enjoyable aspects of being an “outdoor person” is that you get to do things some might consider risky — like risking a specially-made keepsake fishing lure. But first some background. I feel privileged to be an active member of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association ...
Across Southwestern Pennsylvania June is another of my favorites. Although June 1st does begin the first day of meteorological summer, the intense heat and humidity of summer usually hold off across our area until July and August. Morning temperatures average 54 on the first and 62 by ...
(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.) HUNTER-TRAPPER INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE NOTE: Must be 11 years old to register. Students must ...
Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...
Across Southwestern Pennsylvania June is another of my favorites. Although June 1st does begin the first day of meteorological summer, the intense heat and humidity of summer usually hold off across our area until July and August. Morning temperatures average 54 on the first and 62 by ...
