‘The perfect storm’
A Dunbar Township house sustained heavy damage and had to be condemned after a vehicle crashed into it last week. State police said Katlyn M. Hall, 27, of Dunbar, was driving north on Leisenring-Vanderbilt Road near Vanderbilt shortly before midnight Friday when her vehicle hydroplaned in water and crossed the center line before leaving the roadway, state police said. Hall’s car traveled about 100 feet through a yard and then crashed into a residence at 461 Leisenring-Vanderbilt Road, causing “severe structural damage” and forcing it to be condemned until it can be repaired, police said. Team 900, a structural support team, was called to the scene to help stabilize the house, ...
An upcoming symposium hosted by Washington’s Bradford House Historical Association (BHHA) will honor a longtime board member and educator. “Symposium on 18th Century Living and Customs,” which will be in the Old Main Chapel at Washington & Jefferson College Friday, April 17, will have educational programming and tip the hat to Kathryn Teagarden. A member of the historical association’s board of directors from 2015 until shortly before her death in February 2023 at age 74, Teagarden taught in the Avella and Bethlehem-Center school districts and was the inaugural chair of the BHHA’s education committee. “The ‘Symposium on 18th Century Living and Customs’ is a fitting ...
A proposed pathway of high-voltage electric lines would run through Greene, Fayette, and eight other counties in the state. The project would create a succession of 765-kilovolt lines running 220 miles from the Kammer substation in Marshall County, W.Va., to the Juniata substation in Perry ...
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Homeowners can take advantage of several ways to lower their monthly water and heating bills with a little know-how. Henry Klinar, general manager of McKean Plumbing & Heating in Washington, one of the most common sources of inflated water usage can be solved with a “relatively easy ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Honor Huff, with the help of the free-throw line, refused to let West Virginia get crowned on Thursday. The Mountaineers also flashed some defense down the stretch against Stanford star freshman Ebuka Okorie. It all led to WVU’s 82-77 overtime victory against ...
Ramaree Morgan knocked in three runs with a double and a single and was the winning pitcher as Laurel Highlands beat visiting Brownsville for its first win of the season in non-section baseball action on Thursday. The Mustangs (1-5) got all the runs they would need with two in the first and ...
Don’t expect the wide-open space of big-box retail, and the parking lot is rougher, and smaller, than the mega-stores. But if you long for a shopping experience enhanced by warm smiles, honest tips on the hottest bait, amazing inventory, and a sincere wish of good luck, there’s only one ...
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 ...
VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Every year, fish markets in the seaside Mexican city of Veracruz flood with a crush of customers in the lead up to Holy Week. This year, they were virtually empty. That's because a huge oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico has spread more than 373 miles (600 ...
