close

EDITOR'S
PICK

Salvation Army volunteers serve up a Thanksgiving meal

About 250 people had an early Thanksgiving meal provided by the Uniontown Salvation Army on Wednesday. Christine Bell, employee-in-charge, said volunteers - including members of Lafayette Elementary/Middle School’s student council - prepared and served a traditional Thanksgiving meal. ...

Brownsville Area school bus carrying students crashes in Redstone Township

A Brownsville Area school bus carrying 18 students crashed Tuesday morning in Redstone Township, although the district reported all of the children were “safe.” The crash happened shortly before 7 a.m. on Rowes Run Road in the township, with the bus ending up in a ditch along the side of ...

Volunteers ‘sleep out’ in Washington to raise homelessness awareness

Temperatures hovered in the low 40s and a steady rain fell on Friday night, but about a dozen volunteers traded their warm beds for tents and sleeping bags on the grounds of American Legion Post 175 in Washington. It was part of a “sleep out” organized by the Washington County Department ...

Herald-Standard Daily News Update

This daily email features the latest news for Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

Sports

article image - Back-to-back state titles

Back-to-back

Uniontown’s clay target team was established just 2 ½ years ago, but the squad has proven to be quick learners. The Red Raiders won their second state championship in a row in the USA Clay Target League’s 5-stand event this past October. Head coach Terry Dawson participates in trap ...

article image -

Early hole dooms Falcons in loss to Knoch

Connellsville trailed by four goals early in the third period before cutting the deficit to one, but Knoch was able to hold on for a 5-4 victory on Monday night in PIHL play at the Frozen Pond Arena in Valencia. The Knights improved to 7-3-1-0, and with 23 points, lead the Falcons (6-3-0-0) ...

Herald-Standard All-Area Golf Teams

The individual postseason wasn’t kind to Belle Vernon’s Jordan Mocello, but the Leopard senior’s body of work was enough to earn the title as Player of the Year for the Herald-Standard All-Area Boys Golf Team. Although he wasn’t able to qualify for the state tournament after a ...

Editorials

Property Transfers

Obituaries

Opinion

default image placeholder

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

article image - 0810 PGC Black bear

Bear aware

Outdoor excitement can arise as a surprise. Last week, I enjoyed an experience I’d wanted to undertake for a long time. I took a course at Touchstone Center for Crafts in the mountains near Farmington. The course was in botanical illustration, a blend of art and science in which ...

NEWSLETTER

Join thousands already receiving our daily newsletter.

Contact Information

www.heraldstandard.com

  • 8 East Church Street
  • Uniontown, PA 15401
  • Phone: 724-439-7500