Fireballer meets Rain Day
Due to an inclement weather forecast for Saturday, a Memorial Day ceremony rededicating a memorial to Civil War bugler John Ross Dunn at the Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery in Ruff Creek, Greene County, has been postponed. The ceremony will be rescheduled for a later date, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) announced Thursday. Dunn served as bugler of the 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry, known as “The Ringgolds.” Buglers played a vital role on the battlefield, transmitting orders and signals that guided troop movements during combat. The future program will include a historical presentation on Dunn and the 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry, ceremonial honors conducted by ...
A Greene County man was killed by falling rock in a mine accident Tuesday night. Zachary Wolfe, 34, of Rices Landing, died in the 10 p.m. accident at the Bailey Mine in Aleppo Township, the Greene County Coroner’s Office said in a statement Wednesday. An investigation by Pennsylvania State Police determined Wolfe was fatally injured after being crushed by 1,000 pounds of rock. The accident occurred about 700 feet underground, where a rib failure occurred on a sidewall while Wolfe was putting up roof supports, said Trooper Kalee Barnhart. Wolfe was pronounced dead at 11:39 p.m., the coroner’s office said. Greene County Emergency Management Agency Director Richard Policz said ...
Greene County veterans’ graves were freshly marked with an American flag through a statewide movement to celebrate America’s sesquicentennial. On May 16 — Armed Forces Day — volunteers, veterans’ organizations, county agencies, historical groups, and community partners joined ...
A Connellsville teenager is facing criminal charges after he was accused of shooting at a man through a window Sunday night. Noah Dove, 17, is charged with attempted homicide, attempted aggravated assault, discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, receiving stolen property, carrying firearms without a license, possession of a firearm by a minor and reckless endangerment. Police said shortly before 11:30 p.m., they responded to a report of a shot fired into the apartment window of Patrick Scheller on West Crawford Avenue in Connellsville. Scheller had yelled at a group of people outside his window for being loud, after which Dove fired a shot before running off into a nearby ...
Pennsylvanians planning to travel Memorial Day weekend - the unofficial start to summer - will pay well over $1 more per gallon at the pump than they did last year. The average gas price in the keystone state on Tuesday was $4.63 - $1.34 more than the same time in 2025, AAA said. But the ...
ST. LOUIS — Spencer Horwitz homered, Konnor Griffin had four singles, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-0 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak. Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) allowed four hits and a walk in five innings to improve to 3-0 with a 1.75 ERA in ...
Eighteen athletes will brave what is expected to be inclement weather on the track or in the field this morning in the PIAA Individual Track & Field Championships at Shippensburg University’s Seth Grove Stadium. The meet is divided between competitors in Class 2A and 3A, as boys and ...
Mount Pleasant only had four hits in Wednesday’s game against Keystone Oaks in the semifinals of the Class 3A softball playoffs, but the Vikings made the most of them for a 3-2 victory in walk-off fashion to advance to their first WPIAL championship game since 2021. Mount Pleasant held a ...
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 ...
It’s National Safe Boating Week. From May 16-22, state fishery and boating agencies, boating trade groups, US Coast Guard, and the US Army Corps of Engineers will be celebrating safe boating, reminding boaters of safe practices on the water and, unfortunately, summarizing the past year’s ...
