Region braces for bitter cold after digging out from snowstorm
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) will host a virtual town hall today, with a focus on the large immigrant community in Charleroi. The program is free and open to the public. Called No Hate in Our State, the town hall will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. The town halls are being held across the state and focus on addressing the root causes of hate and the role laws play in finding justice. A 2023 survey found that about 2,000 immigrants from 44 countries – including China, Spain, Indonesia and African nations – make Charleroi their home. PHRC held a No Hate in Our State town hall in Charleroi in December 2024. Three months prior, Charleroi’s Haitian population gained ...
A Greene County man was charged with more than 20 counts relating to child pornography In December, TikTok made a report to a national tipline after discovering several videos on the account of Jacob Rex, 19, of Crucible, according to his criminal complaint. The reports described four videos, one of which involved a girl appearing to be between 5 and 7, the complaint said. An IP address provided by TikTok led investigators from the Southwest Computer Crime Unit to a home in Crucible, where they executed a search warrant on Friday. Court documents stated Rex declined to speak with police, who recovered a phone in Rex’s bedroom on which they found videos within one of the apps. Rex ...
Have a snowy scene you'd like to share? Send it to hsnews@heraldstandard.com. Please include your name and where the photo was taken. Sunday brought several inches of snow across the region - with several more to come into Monday. Early in the day Sunday, Washington County already had 4 ...
State and local leaders touted America’s semiquincentennial and the ways Pennsylvanians will be able to celebrate it locally during America250PA events in Southwestern Pennsylvania Saturday. The organization held kickoff events in Greene and Fayette counties Saturday as part of a statewide ...
A massive winter storm continued Sunday morning, dumping sleet, freezing rain and snow across the South and up through New England, bringing frigid temperatures, widespread power outages and treacherous road conditions. The ice and snowfall were expected to continue through Monday in much of ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McCarthy's homecoming is official. The Pittsburgh native signed a contract to become the Steelers head coach on Tuesday. The club and McCarthy had reached a verbal agreement over the weekend. The 62-year-old McCarthy, who grew up in Pittsburgh's Greenfield ...
DENVER (AP) — With a blizzard bearing down on Empower Field at Mile High, coach Sean Payton went for the jugular instead of the points, short-circuiting the Denver Broncos' drive to Super Bowl 60. “There will always be second thoughts,” Payton said in the anguished aftermath of Denver's ...
Connellsville’s Nolan Rice believes he is starting to come into his own as a wrestler during his junior season, which emphasizes the expectations the Falcons’ 127-pounder has for himself considering he is a two-time state qualifier and one-time medalist. Rice, who was eighth in the PIAA ...
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 ...
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is scheduled to meet at Commission headquarters in Harrisburg on Saturday, Jan. 24 to consider significant changes to the hunting season framework for the 2026-27 hunting year. Foremost among potential changes is shifting the opening of firearms deer season one ...
