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Annual calendar celebrates Greene County’s heritage

Every year, Colleen Nelson’s calendar captures a new collection of Greene County sights. For the nation’s sesquicentennial, she’s also turning it into a learning experience for local students with artwork and information about local history. Nelson began making the calendars with her ...

Outside Prosperity, Moon Lorn rises again

Though Malcolm Parcell was primarily a representational artist, sticking to realistic portrayals of people and places in his work, he would occasionally take flights of fancy and imagine fairies and goblins inhabiting the woods surrounding his home. The painter christened his home Moon Lorn, ...

Masontown WIC office closing

The Masontown office that provides services for the Women, Infants and Children program (WIC) will close on Feb. 1. Susan Mahokey, project manager at Fayette County Community Action Agency, said the closure will consolidate operations for the county’s three WIC offices. The fewer than 100 clients who receive services in Masontown will be transferred to the office in Uniontown, located at 140 N. Beeson Boulevard. “We surveyed our participants … and they really prefer to come to the Uniontown clinic because of the appointment stability,” Mahokey said, noting that the clinic is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. There is also a WIC office located in ...

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Local roundup: Dean stars in Waynesburg win over Brownsville

Jackson Dean racked up a 21 points, 11 rebounds and six assists as Waynesburg Central knocked off visiting Brownsville, 76-47, in a Section 4-3A boys basketball game Friday night. The Raiders (4-2, 6-10) moved into a second-place with Ligonier Valley, one game ahead of Charleroi and two games ...

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Steelers choose McCarthy as next head coach

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McCarthy is coming home. The Pittsburgh Steelers announced Saturday the club has reached a verbal agreement with McCarthy to replace Mike Tomlin as head coach. McCarthy grew up in the Greenfield neighborhood, just a couple of miles away from the team's practice ...

No. 1 Arizona dominates WVU 88-53

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Brayden Burries scored 22 points, Koa Peat added 17 and top-ranked Arizona remained undefeated with an 88-53 dismantling of West Virginia on Saturday. The Wildcats (20-0, 7-0 Big 12) were unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the first time in program history to start ...

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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 ...

Outdoors

Mother Nature full of uncertainty

Our weather has always been full of uncertainty. This past week weather forecasters have been trying to figure out the actual path of the winter storm that is affecting much of the country this weekend. The Weather Channel this past Wednesday morning was calling for a massive winter storm to ...

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