Hunger Action Month shines spotlight on food insecurity
West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Greene County. The Greene County Conservation District said four mosquito samples tested positive for West Nile virus - two in Cumberland Township, and one each in Morgan Township and Waynesburg Borough. At this time, there are no known ...
A Nemacolin man is charged with homicide after he was accused of severely assaulting a woman he lived with in May 2025. Several witnesses told investigators that Jerome Rafail, 51, had a history of assaulting 31-year-old Shayla Black before the assaults that led to her death in May, according to court documents. Charges against Rafail were filed Tuesday with District Judge Lee Watson. Police said Black had numerous visible injuries, a broken jaw and significant wounds on both shins when they responded to the report of a woman who had stopped breathing at 258 Grant St. in Nemacolin during the early morning hours of May 19. An autopsy on Black conducted by Dr. Jennifer Hammers ...
A developer from the Dallas, Texas-based Prime Data Centers LLC testified Monday evening during a packed hearing regarding the proposed Starpointe Business Park data center project. The Hanover Township Board of Supervisors is considering a conditional use permit for the expansive data ...
Albert Gallatin and Uniontown have plenty of incentive as both host home games during Week Two of the high school football season. They will be two of 15 area teams in action Friday night, all with 7 p.m. kickoffs. Beth-Center travels to Riverview for a noon kickoff on Saturday. All are ...
NAME: Brandon Meier GRADE: Sophomore SCHOOL: California SPORT: Football MEIER'S WEEK: It was a moment he'd been dreaming of for a long time: being the starting quarterback for the California football team. Meier made the most of his first impression by accounting for six touchdowns in the ...
Teagan Crouse is the early player to beat in the Herald-Standard Touchdown Club race for the 2026 high school football season. Crouse ignited a six-touchdown explosion for Waynesburg Central in a 43-0 victory over West Greene in Week One by accounting for five of those scores, including runs ...
The Civil War brought tremendous suffering. The death of Robert J. Brownfield is illustrative. Cpl. Brownfield of Fayette County was shot in the arm near Spotsylvania Courthouse in Virginia. Forgotten or simply overlooked, he went unattended for a full day. Taken first to Fredericksburg, ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Damon Sacco had never seen anything like the fish he and fellow anglers fought for hours in the waters off Massachusetts. As it rose from the depths, it looked like a glimmering blue spaceship. Sacco, a longtime Massachusetts charter fishing boat captain, saw the ...
