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Charleroi Elementary named Blue Ribbon School

Charleroi Area Elementary Center was among 13 schools in Pennsylvania that were selected as winners of the new Pennsylvania Blue Ribbon Schools program. The new program was launched after the U.S. Department of Education last month ended the prestigious 40-year-old federal Blue Ribbon ...

UPMC-Greene cuts ribbon for new ambulance bay canopy

The new ambulance bay canopy at UPMC Greene’s emergency department stood high above the heads of the hospital executives, staff and elected officials assembled to see it Monday — and also high enough for ambulances to pass under it comfortably. “This is an investment in our community, ...

State appellate courts, countywide row offices at stake in Tuesday’s election

Election Day is now upon us and there are a variety of races for statewide appellate courts, county row offices, municipal governments and school boards. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, and all mail-in ballots must be returned by voters to their county’s elections office ...

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Sports

From the brink

Frazier’s girls volleyball team was staring at a 2-0 deficit to California on Saturday afternoon with its season on the brink of ending. Three days later the Lady Commodores find themselves in the PIAA Class A quarterfinals for the second consecutive year. Frazier stormed back with a ...

Winding down

Herald-Standard Touchdown Club leader Deakyn DeHoet didn’t have a chance to increase his total of 176 points. The Jefferson-Morgan senior will still claim the 2025 area scoring title, barring an explosion of points from Frazier’s Derek Diamond during the rest of the playoffs. DeHoet ...

Herald-Standard All-Area Girls Soccer Team

Leading the WPIAL in goals is one thing, but to do it as a ninth grader makes what Brownsville’s Gloria Kovscek accomplished this season even more impressive. The Lady Falcons’ forward found the back of the net 36 times to lead District 7 across all classifications in the regular ...

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OP-ED: A fact-based look at America’s violence problem

Every time a high-profile shooting makes headlines, America relives the same cycle: shock, outrage, and the inevitable chorus of demands to ban “assault weapons,” defund the police, blame political opponents, and spend more federal money in cities. But these slogans conceal more than they ...

Outdoors

Best and worst places to live

AccuWeather, the independent weather provider service, published an article last week showing the FEMA Risk Maps ranking every county in the United States for their susceptibility to natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods, droughts, winter storms, extreme heat and cold, high winds ...

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