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After a tense week, South Connellsville Borough has come to an agreement with South Connellsville Volunteer Fire Company, releasing a joint statement announcing the resolution on Friday afternoon. The South Connellsville Borough Council had voted unanimously to change the borough’s official first responder designation to Connellsville Township Volunteer Fire Company after a communication breakdown and allegations of mismanagement at the local fire company. According to Mayor Chris Wiltrout, relations grew increasingly strained over recent years as fire company attendance at council meetings declined, leading to a lack of effective communication with company leadership. This, in ...
Emergency personnel in the three-county area were quite busy Friday and into Saturday as heavy gusts of wind wreaked havoc throughout all of Southwestern Pennsylvania. The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh said wind gusts reached up to 60 miles per hour, leading to widespread power ...
Witnesses at Braedon Dickinson’s preliminary hearing Friday placed he and Lemaur Thompson together less than an hour before Thompson was fatally shot in Uniontown last month. Dickinson, 18, of Connellsville, was held for court on all charges connected to the shooting. Police responded ...
Pennsylvania State Police are rolling out a program to help parents know how to keep their kids safe from online predators. Rocco Gagliardi, public information officer for state police Troop B, put together the presentation that focuses mostly on Roblox. Roblox is an extremely popular ...
NAME: Jeremiah Robertson SCHOOL: Jefferson-Morgan GRADE: Senior SPORT: Basketball ROBERTSON’S WEEK: Robertson helped lead the Jefferson-Morgan boys basketball team to its first state victory in 26 years with a game-high 24 points as the Rockets rolled past District 9 champion ...
Girls volleyball will be undergoing a change in alignment in more ways that one for the 2026-27 season. The PIAA has switched the fall sport from four to six classifications and area teams found out which sections they would be in for the next two-year cycle starting this fall. Three local ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals and an assist and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Thursday night. Vegas, which had lost six of seven, snapped a three-game losing streak that dropped them to third place in the Pacific Division. With Edmonton ...
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 ...
Today is Wednesday, March 11th, 2026. I awoke this morning to a loud bang of thunder that shook the house as it rumbled through the skies accompanied by lightning, wind and even some small hail that could be heard bouncing off of roofs and cars. The clouds were departing by sunrise and the ...
