‘The perfect storm’
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Bob Knight's halftime speech on March 29, 1976, was an instant classic. Indiana's players remember walking into the locker room, down 35-29 to a Michigan team they'd already beaten twice in close games earlier that season with starting guard Bobby Wilkerson ruled out ...
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 ...
Pennsylvania hunters harvested about 6% more deer in the 2025-26 hunting seasons than they did the year before, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission estimates. The statewide 2025-26 deer harvest was estimated at 505,600 deer, 185,310 of them antlered and 320,290 antlerless. By ...
