An ‘exorcising of demons’
Greene County residents won’t see a property tax increase in 2026. The commissioners approved a $20 million general fund budget, up 1.1% from last year, at their meeting last Thursday. Overall spending for the county is targeted at $37.1 million, down about 0.5% from 2025. That $188,000 decline is less than half the drop in Act 13 fundås, disbursed annually to cover the impacts of drilling for unconventional gas wells. Those funds fell more than $411,000, to under $3.5 million. Jared Edgreen, chairman of the commissioners, said the board is taking a fiscally conservative approach, making no major changes from the previous year. He and Finance Director Jeremy Kelly described ...
In 2019, Dr. Kathleen Miller launched the nonprofit Kleine Klasse Schule, German for “small classroom school.” The former teacher set up a tutoring program in a building a few doors down from her home in West Alexander, helping anyone who walked through the door - from adults who needed ...
Greene County is reconfiguring its elections office after the recent resignation of the seventh elections director to hold the post since 2020. Earlier this month, the Greene County commissioners accepted the resignation of Kierra Cannon as elections director retroactive to Nov. 4, Election ...
Police were responding to the scene of a shooting in Greene County Friday afternoon. The incident was reported at Garrison Ridge Road in New Freeport before 3 p.m. The event is being considered an isolated incident, with no risk to the public, said Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Kalee ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Ethan Grunkemeyer threw for a career-high 262 yards and two TDs, including a 73-yard strike to Trebor Pena early in the fourth quarter, and Penn State beat Clemson 22-10 Saturday afternoon in the Pinstripe Bowl. Pena had five receptions for 100 yards and Belle Vernon graduate ...
Doubleheaders are usually reserved for baseball season but Beth-Center's girls basketball team took the "Let's play two" motto to the hardwood on Saturday while hosting the Winter Jam Tournament. The Lady Bulldogs tipped off against Charleroi at 4 p.m. then approximately four hours later took ...
CANONSBURG — Albert Gallatin’s Jenna Chapman waited until 8:30 at night to wrestle 13 seconds, but a spot in the semifinals at the Powerade Tournament was well worth it. Chapman, the No. 3 seed in the 235-pound weight class, received a bye into the quarterfinals before earning a fall on ...
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 ...
Sports and the outdoors seldom overlap. That’s my opinion at least, based on my belief that hunting, fishing, hiking, and foraging are not sports. Instead, these are meaningful lifestyle choices that immerse the participant in the natural world and have no identifiable beginning or ...
