USC middle-schooler completes ‘toughest race’
Sports is all about the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, but the thrill a fan feels when they think they’ve snagged a ticket to a playoff game can quickly turn to agony when they discover they’ve been taken in by a scam. With both the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia ...
A Laurel Highlands High School teacher accused of sexually assaulting a then-student at the school has resigned. Daniel Cervone, who was a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor, submitted his resignation to the district Tuesday, district Solicitor Gary Frankhouser said at a ...
More than a decade after charges were dismissed against a man accused of killing a 14-year-old Dunbar Township boy, state police have renewed their efforts to solve the case. On May 2, 1974, John David Watson Jr. hopped on his bike to run an errand for his mother. When he didn’t return ...
Jefferson-Morgan had trouble out of the gate this baseball season with part of that due to success in a different sport. “We got kind of a slow start because of basketball,” Rockets veteran coach John Curtis pointed out. Jefferson-Morgan’s boys basketball team had one of its best ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — How quickly narratives can change. Even in Pittsburgh. A year ago the Steelers pointed toward the 2026 draft as a chance for the host city to showcase itself and the host team to find the young quarterback it has so desperately needed since Ben Roethlisberger retired in ...
An interesting story in the spring issue of National Wildlife magazine begins with the writer’s favorite slang expression, “touch grass,” which refers to kids who use it to refer to friends who are spending too much time online and have lost touch with reality. With those two words they ...
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 Board of Game Commissioners met Saturday at the Game Commission’s Harrisburg headquarters to hear public comment and conduct official business that included the final adoption of 2026-27 hunting seasons and bag limits. Other highlights from Saturday’s meeting follow. ...
