Working hard while waiting for her big break
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a monthlong series of profiles of the people who live and work in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. Readers of a certain demographic will understand how Paige Richetti’s Barcelona adventure was, in a way, ...
Lafayette Middle School students were given an early taste of what life might be like for all Pennsylvania students soon. For the last two months of the school year, the school tried a pilot program where students could not access their cellphones during the day, Superintendent Daniel Bosnic ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – On a February day back in 1996, Dave Neese’s eyes welled, as he regarded his newborn daughter with a whisper and awe. “Hey, baby girl,” he said, gently brushing Skylar’s cheek. “It’s me. I’m your daddy. Happy birthday.” On a February day back in 2014, ...
Caden Holland attempted to try out for Barca Academy when he was 12 years old, but after reaching out to the only U.S. Soccer Development Academy program in the country with a full-time residential program partnered with a top-international professional club, the striker was informed he would ...
OMAHA, Neb. – Ben Lumsden’s fly ball in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday, man, for a split second, it looked really good for West Virginia. “Definitely thought it was a homer,” WVU baseball coach Steve Sabins later said following the Mountaineers’ 12-7 loss against North Carolina in ...
Smithfield-Fairchance stormed back from a 3-0 deficit with four runs in both the fourth and fifth innings on its way to defeating visiting Charleroi, 8-3, in Fayette American Legion Baseball action on Thursday. AJ Watson was 2 for 2 with a sacrifice fly and two RBIs, Ben Lilley had two hits ...
Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced that its new hunting and trapping licenses for the 2026-27 seasons will go on sale Monday, June 22, 2026, at 8 a.m. “The new hunting license year is almost here, and we are looking forward to plenty of great seasons ahead,” said ...