Washington County man wins prestigious master pilot, mechanic awards
A fire that damaged a North Union Township house last week has been ruled an arson. North Union volunteer firefighters were called to 103 Maddas St. shortly before 5 a.m. Thursday to battle the blaze, and later requested the state police fire marshal to come to the scene to investigate. The fire caused about $50,000 damage to the house, and the fire marshal ruled it an arson, according to a press release from state police. No injuries were reported, and it was not known if anyone was in the house when firefighters arrived. Anyone with information on the fire is asked to call the state police fire marshal at 724-223-5200 or 724-439-7111 and ask to speak to a fire investigator.
A Uniontown man is accused of raping a woman while he was at her house earlier this month. Darren Harrison, 33, was charged Tuesday with rape, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault in connection with the incident, which the alleged victim told police happened on Fayette Street in Uniontown in the early morning hours of Sept. 2. The alleged victim told Harrison to stop several times during the assault, the complaint said. She also shared a text with police Harrison sent the next day asking her if she thought the encounter was consensual. Harrison told police he had stopped when asked, the complaint said. As of Tuesday, Harrison was no longer cooperating ...
A Masontown man accused of stealing more than $3,000 from a Point Marion bank was arrested early Tuesday morning. State police troopers arrested Stephen Gaza, 46, at a home in Ronco, Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele said in a Facebook post. The arrest came after an extensive ...
Remediation work has been completed at Laurel Highlands Middle School after the discovery of mold and mildew inside classrooms that has delayed the start of in-person classes. Firewater Response of Pittsburgh notified the district it had concluded work on Thursday after verifying the ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — If you looked at the scoreboard during the U.T. Martin game, 52-7, you’d think the defense had a dominant perfermance. But, if you watched the game, you’d see there were issues. There were multiple opportunities for the Skyhawks to score. They fumbled the ball on a ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Minutes after Pittsburgh introduced Pat Narduzzi in the waning days of 2014, then interim athletic director Randy Juhl gave the school's new football coach a pretty unique mandate. The way Juhl figured it, if the university can find a way to help cure polio — as Dr. ...
Neville Petrosky totaled 17 kills and 18 digs as Geibel Catholic beat host Leechburg, 3-1, for its first section victory in several years in girls volleyball action on Tuesday night. The Lady Gators dropped a close first set, 28-26, before sweeping the next three by scores of 25-12, 25-18 and ...
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 ...
The Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) has announced that Herald-Standard Outdoors contributor Ben Moyer, of Farmington, won First Place and Second Place honors in the “Magazine Column” category in the 2027 OWAA Excellence in Craft (EIC) Writing Awards program. Moyer won ...
