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America 250 PA ‘kick-off’ tour visiting Fayette County

A caravan from America 250 PA celebrating the country’s semiquincentennial this year is swinging through southwestern Pennsylvania this weekend to kickoff a patriotic party. Members from the legislatively-created organization tasked with promoting the 250th anniversary of independence are ...

Washington NAACP celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Pastor Dennis Stich stood at the front of John Wesley United Methodist Church in Washington on Sunday afternoon and asked, “How many of you have heard of Claudette Colvin?” A few people raised their hands. “How many have heard of Rosa Parks?" asked Stitch, pastor of First Christian ...

Police briefs

BROWNSVILLE Aggravated assault: Joshua Krcelich, 24, of Brownsville, is charged with aggravated assault, endangering welfare of children, terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person and simple assault. Police said Krcelich had gotten into an argument with the mother of his son when she came to pick the boy up Thursday in South Hill Terrace, Brownsville. Krcelich fired a gun toward her as she ran to her car, the complaint said. He was lodged in the Fayette County jail after being unable to post $50,000 bail. NORTH UNION TWP. Animal cruelty: Billy Joe Jacobs II, 30, of Uniontown, is charged with aggravated cruelty to animals, cruelty to animals and neglect of animals. ...

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Rodriguez reloads trenches to restore WVU’s ‘hard edge’

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The hard edge is the foundation on which Rich Rodriguez wants to build his second stint as coach at West Virginia. Over the course of the season, it was talked about ad nauseam, and the basis of it was moving bodies, being physical, and most importantly, not loafing. ...

Fayette County Church Dartball League

Jan. 13 Results Springhill 2 (Larry Flowers 8 hits), Great Bethel 1 (Paul Rosneck & Kolby Sexton 5 hits); Trinity 2 (Greg Fike 6 hits), Sandy Hill 1 (Richie Lenk 10 hits); Fairchance Baptist 2 (Mark Stroup, JL Friend & Pete Strauser 6 hits), Pleasant View 1 (Jeff Arison & Jeff ...

Leopards’ Brown earns title at Escape the Rock

Belle Vernon senior Elijah Brown dominated the field in winning the championship in the 215-pound weight class at the Escape the Rock tournament on Saturday at Council Rock South High School in Holland. The event was scheduled for two days, but due to the threat of inclement weather, the ...

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Cheers & Jeers

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 ...

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Winter mid-term report

Climate is what we expect and consists of data of past weather for periods of time. It takes at least 30 years of weather data to get a good average of what to expect although the longer the period of data the better for weather scientists to work with to predict future weather. The old ...

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