Advocates question whether lawmakers will address energy costs
Mon Valley Association for the Arts will be hosting a fife workshop Jan. 19 at the Peter J. Daley Cultural Center, 119 Brownsville Ave., Brownsville. Introduction to new fifers will take place at 10:30 a.m. Instruction will be provided by Walter Sweet, a renowned master fifer with more than 30 years of experience, at 11 a.m. All ages are welcome. Call 724-565-1687 for information.
The Greene County Heritage Tourism Grant Program has opened. The program was established to support programs, events and initiatives that commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States, while helping strengthen Greene County’s appeal as a tourism, convention and travel destination. The grant program, administered through the Greene County Tourist Promotion Agency, will provide funding awards ranging from $250 to $2,500 for projects that attract visitors, celebrate local heritage and engage the community. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, municipal governments, and for-profit businesses that operate or serve within Greene County and can demonstrate a ...
Two Fayette County residents are charged with attempted homicide after an exchange of gunfire outside a Luzerne Township bar in October. Kaleia Howard, 30, of Connellsville, and Quinton Brown Jr., 33, of Brownsville, allegedly escalated a fight that had started among several people inside Jilly’s Restaurant and Tavern on Hiller Avenue. After a brawl broke out, Howard and another woman began arguing, after which the woman threw a bottle at Howard, according to court paperwork. Her brother and Brown then started a separate physical altercation, which continued outside, the complaint said. Surveillance footage from outside shortly after 2 a.m. showed Brown brandishing a firearm ...
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Democrats and Republicans who lead the Pennsylvania ...
When she enrolled at Penn West California as a nontraditional student, Justina Arena envisioned becoming a meteorologist. The area she’d planned to make her whole career is now just a small part of it — specifically, 551.5 in the Dewey decimal system. Arena began her new job as ...
Elijah Dowling sported a onesie bearing the sentiment “New Around Here” while his mom, Rhiannon Jackson, held him Tuesday, one day after he was born at UPMC Magee-Womens in UPMC Washington. Elijah’s birth wasn’t the only event the hospital celebrated Tuesday afternoon. UPMC ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Treysen Eaglestaff was caught in no-man’s land, so too maybe were his West Virginia teammates on Tuesday night. “I honestly don’t remember everything that happened,” the WVU guard said in the moments that followed the Mountaineers’ 62-60 victory against ...
A 10-0 run to open Tuesday's Section 1-5A contest was enough for Laurel Highlands to defeat Albert Gallatin, 54-39, in boys basketball play at Albert Gallatin High School. The Mustangs (2-3, 7-4) can even their section record on Friday when they host cross-town rival Uniontown (1-4, 5-7) at ...
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — John Harbaugh's 18-year tenure in Baltimore included two distinct periods of success. After taking over, Harbaugh capitalized on the last few years of Ray Lewis' career, reaching the AFC title game three times in his first five seasons as coach and winning a Super ...
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 ...
Once again Mother Nature saw her home continue to warm. The past 11 years from 2015 through 2025 have been the warmest in the 176-year observation record with the past three years being the three warmest years on record. Concentrations of heat trapping gases and ocean heat content continue to ...
