Concert, other ceremonies will mark 25th anniversary of 9/11
Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Authority in Jefferson will have the water shut off Wednesday, Sept. 9, between 3:30 and 7 p.m. on Morey Road from the intersection of Wickerham Road to Leonard Road, to include all of Hastings Road, Huffman Road, Crawford Road and Mowery Lane. House numbers 357 to 499 on Buckingham will be affected as well as Wickerham Road to house 51 on Hill Road. Customers may experience low pressure or no water.
A Brownsville man is accused of molesting two pre-teen girls on multiple occasions dating back more than eight years ago. George Michael Lacotta, 43, of Brownsville, was charged with multiple felony child sex crimes in connection with the alleged sex assaults and fondling of the girls at two Charleroi residences and a Washington home over several years. Charleroi Regional police said the mother of the two accusers contacted investigators this June and told them of the assaults, prompting the police to interview the two girls, who are now teenagers. One girl told police she was fondled and sexually assaulted on multiple occasions going back to when she was 9 and continuing until she ...
Residents will have a chance next week to talk with representatives from the company looking to operate a $13 billion power plant project being discussed in Fayette County. NextEra Energy Resources is developing the proposed 3.75-gigawatt plant, which would be located in Luzerne Township along a former mining site on the Monongahela River. NextEra was selected for the development in March as part of a larger trade agreement between the U.S. and Japan for energy infrastructure development across the country. It received federal funding for the buildout at the Fayette County site through the U.S. Department of Commerce in August. The proposed facility, named the East Riverside Energy ...
A Waynesburg woman is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing next week after being accused of severely assaulting her 18-month-old stepson while the child was visiting in May and failing to seek medical attention. Delaney Girvin, 24, is charged with aggravated assault, endangering welfare of children, recklessly endangering another person and harassment. The child’s grandmother noticed a contusion on his head and a limp when Girvin dropped him off after a four-hour visit on May 19, according to her criminal complaint. Girvin told the grandmother she hadn’t noticed any bruising, but that the child had fallen a couple of times while playing with her 1-year-old son outside, ...
BELLEFONTE (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky appeared in court remotely Tuesday where he said he agreed with his lawyers not to go forward with testimony from an accuser who wants to recant allegations that Sandusky sexually abused him years ago. The hearing ...
Federal, state, county and municipal government offices will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day. There will be no mail delivery, and banks and financial markets will also be closed The newspaper will not publish a print edition but please visit heraldstandard.com for news updates.
Greene County’s solicitor has been recognized as the best in the state. Robert (Gene) Grimm was honored with the State Solicitor of the Year award last month by the Pennsylvania County Commissioners Association at its annual conference. Grimm, the county’s solicitor since 2020, said it ...
Four local teams remain unbeaten while another will be playing the third of four consecutive rivalry games heading into Week Three of the high school football season. Uniontown, Beth-Center, Waynesburg Central and Mount Pleasant will each look to go 3-0 Friday night. The Red Raiders ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Esmerlyn Valdez hit a solo shot, rookie Konnor Griffin singled in two runs in Pittsburgh’s three-run seventh inning and the Pirates held on to beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Wednesday night for their third straight victory. Rafael Flores Jr. added an RBI single ...
FRIDAY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Uniontown at Southmoreland, 7 p.m. Connellsville at Laurel Highlands, 7 p.m. Waynesburg Central at Albert Gallatin, 7 p.m. Brownsville at Carlynton, 7 p.m. Frazier at Monessen, 7 ...
People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. And no one dared … Disturb the sound of silence. – “The Sound of Silence,” Paul Simon Sometimes an idea for an essay comes from unusual places and at unexpected times. Such was the case this week. After hearing a ...
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Just off one of New York’s famed Hamptons beaches, shark researcher Greg Metzger reels in one of the day’s prize catches: a young but powerful sand tiger shark. He and another marine researcher quickly lasso the tail of the sharp-toothed female to the side of ...
