How PA agencies do — and don’t — cooperate with ICE
Students pursuing post-secondary education during the 2026-27 school year are invited to apply for scholarships offered through the Community Foundation of Fayette County. Applicants will complete a universal application to determine their eligibility for various opportunities. A list of matching scholarships will display; each will have additional questions and must be submitted individually. There are also four stand-alone applications that must be applied for outside of the universal application. In all, there are 51 scholarships to be awarded based on academic achievement, community service, financial need, extracurricular participation, area of study, school preference, and ...
The Everson Borough Council president is facing criminal charges after allegedly placing a tracking device in a borough police car without officers knowing. Jason Frazier, 43, was the registered owner of the Apple AirTag found in the car's trunk, according to his criminal complaint. While patrolling on the night of July 24, Assistant Police Chief Michael Garlowich received a cellphone alert that the device was moving with him in one of the borough’s police cars, the complaint said. The alert then led him to the trunk of the car, where he found the AirTag directly under the police antenna. Garlowich wrote in the complaint he had gotten two prior notices, but hadn’t known what ...
A newly formed committee will help the Washington County commissioners decide what organizations, nonprofits and programs should receive grants from the county’s share of the nationwide opioid settlement fund. The commissioners during today’s 10 a.m. voting meeting are expected to approve the seven-person review committee that includes county government officials, drug rehabilitation specialists, nonprofit leaders, school administrators and even a local police chief. The list of appointees was released during Tuesday’s agenda setting meeting and appears to have the full support from all three commissioners. The members appointed to the committee are Washington County Human ...
Local leaders are remembering the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a champion for social justice and a towering figure in the Civil Rights Movement, who died Tuesday. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., emerged as a major force in the Civil Rights Movement after King’s assassination, ...
COAL CENTER — Brandi Sutherland watched her California girls basketball team grow and improve over a season that saw it finish second in Section 3-2A and qualify for the WPIAL playoffs. Even though the youthful Lady Trojans’ year ended with a 41-21 Class A first-round loss to Laurel on ...
MILAN (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins' star Sidney Crosby left Canada’s Olympic quarterfinal game against Czechia in the second period because of injury, and his ability to return is uncertain. Crosby got crunched against the boards by Martin Necas and Radko Gudas five minutes into the ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin closed her eyes, gave a deep breath and took a big step back onto the top of an Olympic podium. The American skiing standout was a gold medalist at the Winter Games once again — and she couldn’t quite believe it. Shiffrin put in two ...
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 ...
After 18 days of temperatures not getting above freezing and many of those same days with below-zero temperatures at night, we were ready for the warm-up that returned this past Tuesday when the temperature in Uniontown hit 59 degrees. This coming week should see mild air return with ...
