‘The perfect storm’
Another four opioid settlement grants in Washington County – including one for a recovery house and another for teen outreach programs – were rejected last week by the statewide board overseeing the money, prompting a county official to question the committee’s motives. The Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust’s dispute resolution committee during its March 27 meeting deemed the four grants requesting a combined $530,000 as non-compliant, while the county withdrew one grant and four others under review were approved. The rejected grants were $350,000 for the Shawn Patrick Recovery House; $80,000 to WHS Teen Outreach’s Common Ground Teen Center; $75,000 ...
A Dunbar Township house sustained heavy damage and had to be condemned after a vehicle crashed into it last week. State police said Katlyn M. Hall, 27, of Dunbar, was driving north on Leisenring-Vanderbilt Road near Vanderbilt shortly before midnight Friday when her vehicle hydroplaned in water and crossed the center line before leaving the roadway, state police said. Hall’s car traveled about 100 feet through a yard and then crashed into a residence at 461 Leisenring-Vanderbilt Road, causing “severe structural damage” and forcing it to be condemned until it can be repaired, police said. Team 900, a structural support team, was called to the scene to help stabilize the house, ...
An upcoming symposium hosted by Washington’s Bradford House Historical Association (BHHA) will honor a longtime board member and educator. “Symposium on 18th Century Living and Customs,” which will be in the Old Main Chapel at Washington & Jefferson College Friday, April 17, will have educational programming and tip the hat to Kathryn Teagarden. A member of the historical association’s board of directors from 2015 until shortly before her death in February 2023 at age 74, Teagarden taught in the Avella and Bethlehem-Center school districts and was the inaugural chair of the BHHA’s education committee. “The ‘Symposium on 18th Century Living and Customs’ is a fitting ...
Construction on numerous sections of Interstate 70 in Washington and Westmoreland counties is continuing as part of the state Department of Transportation’s long-term efforts to modernize the highway originally built in the mid-20th century. For more than a decade, PennDOT has been improving ...
The Laurel Highlands school board voted 9-0 Wednesday to hire outside legal counsel to conduct an independent review of the district's policies and procedures after two teachers were charged with sexual misconduct against students. Pittsburgh-based MDM Law was chosen in part because it has no ...
A proposed pathway of high-voltage electric lines would run through Greene, Fayette, and eight other counties in the state. The project would create a succession of 765-kilovolt lines running 220 miles from the Kammer substation in Marshall County, W.Va., to the Juniata substation in Perry ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Konnor Griffin Era will begin on Friday in Pittsburgh. A person familiar with the decision has told The Associated Press that the Pirates are calling up the 19-year-old shortstop, the consensus choice as the top prospect in baseball, before Friday's home opener ...
California rallied from an early two-touchdown deficit to defeat visiting Belle Vernon, 38-34, in girls flag football Section 2 action on Wednesday. The Lady Trojans got a combined five touchdown passes from quarterbacks Meadow Meier (three) and Hayley Gibson (two), including four to Lila ...
NAME: Payton Senge SCHOOL: Laurel Highlands GRADE: Sophomore SPORT: Softball SENGE’S WEEK: The Mustangs’ ace threw a combined 28 strikeouts in helping to lead Laurel Highlands to back-to-back victories over Ringgold and Oakland Catholic on March 24 and 25. Senge recorded 15 strikeouts ...
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 ...
Around here it was called “The Big One,” and the front page of the Evening-Standard described the quiet as local movie houses along with bars and restaurants were closing as our area was in the midst of a powerful storm that to this day remains the stuff of legend. The paper reported ...
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