Flight 93 crash victims honored for ‘great courage’
CHARLEROI – Club Serenity celebrated the opening of its substance use disorder drop-in center with an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony at its headquarters at 702 Fallowfield Ave. in Charleroi. The $1.5 million in funding for the center was provided, in part, from opioid settlement ...
Laurel Highlands School District Superintendent Jesse Wallace received mostly negative marks in his most recent employment evaluation, which the Herald-Standard received late Friday close to a month after submitting a Right-to-Know request for the document. Wallace has been the subject of ...
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 ...
Mandy Hartman took over Frazier's girls volleyball program in 1997 with little fanfare. Now in her 30th season as head coach, Hartman guides one of the elite programs of the WPIAL. The Lady Commodores have claimed 18 section titles, two WPIAL championships and 10 undefeated regular ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Jared Jones pitched seven innings of one-hit ball, Oneil Cruz added a solo home run and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 on Thursday night to complete a three-game series sweep. The White Sox had just two hits in losing for the eighth time in 11 games. ...
The Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) has announced that Herald-Standard Outdoors contributor Ben Moyer, of Farmington, won First Place and Second Place honors in the “Magazine Column” category in the 2027 OWAA Excellence in Craft (EIC) Writing Awards program. Moyer won ...
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 ...
The Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) has announced that Herald-Standard Outdoors contributor Ben Moyer, of Farmington, won First Place and Second Place honors in the “Magazine Column” category in the 2027 OWAA Excellence in Craft (EIC) Writing Awards program. Moyer won ...
