America at 250: The age of innovation
A number of regional projects are included in the recently approved Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) 2027–30 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), which takes effect Oct. 1. The plan, which was approved unanimously by commission members at their June 22 meeting, will direct $4.7 billion in infrastructure investment across the 10-county region. The TIP continues the implementation of the vision, goals, and strategies identified in SPC's Long Range Plan. The plan invests $2 billion in highways and bridges and $2.7 billion in public transit between 2027 and 2030, addressing infrastructure condition, safety, and congestion across the region. It plan continues SPC’s ...
A West Virginia man is facing a vehicular homicide charge in connection to a crash that led to the death of a motorcyclist in Cecil Township in October. William Erwin Johnston, 93, of Wellsburg, W.Va., allegedly struck and killed John Charles Dinsmore, 67, of McDonald, Oct. 6 in the 3000 block of Millers Run Road in Cecil Township. Johnston is also being charged with improperly crossing the center line and making an unsafe lane change. Johnston was arraigned Friday before Magisterial District Judge Louis McQuillan. Unsecured bond was set at $100,000. According to the criminal complaint, a witness said Johnston’s vehicle was swerving slightly on the road, and then suddenly turned ...
A trio of bills passed through the Pennsylvania House of Representatives could dramatically shape the future of data center development in the state. The first, known as HB 2650, would formally codify the Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) Standards introduced by Gov. ...
One of Vida Kernich’s earliest memories is seeing her brother line his shoes with newspaper during the Depression. And on the third of the month, when Social Security checks arrive, she continues to give thanks for President Franklin Roosevelt, who signed the program into law when she was in ...
Every NBA hopeful covets an invitation to the Green Room. To reach that stage on NBA Draft night means a player has been pegged as a probable first-round selection and he, his family, friends and agents have access to that exclusive seating area. Uniontown graduate Christian Kezmarsky was ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Born eight minutes earlier than his twin brother, Liam, Marcus Ruck is fine with ceding NHL draft bragging rights. All that mattered to Ruck on Saturday was being selected with the 39th pick in the second round by Pittsburgh in following his brother, who was drafted 22nd ...
Belle Vernon made sure it kept itself busing during the weekend with three American Legion baseball games in two days. Belle Vernon picked up a 7-1 win at Smithfield-Fairchance in Fayette league play Friday while also defeating Moundsville, 10-5, earlier in the day in five innings and ...
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, ...
This writer has been around long enough to recall when Greene County was not considered “deer country.” Deer lived in the mountains. The same conception prevailed about Greene for wild turkeys. Biologists and hunters alike believed that only mountain forests could support the big ...
