North Dakota WWII Veteran Turns 108
The West Greene Education Association has authorized a strike notice after taking a vote on Tuesday. However, there are no plans to go on strike. “This is an authorization and does not mean that a strike is imminent. WGEA will continue to negotiate with the board to reach a fair settlement,” said WGEA President Michael Bruno. “However, this authorization does give our negotiations team the authority to call a strike if there is no progress.” Teachers and education specialists in the district have been working without a contract since July. WGEA and the West Greene School District have been in negotiations since January 2024. According to a press release, an “overwhelming ...
The Progress Community Corrections Center (CCC) in Waynesburg, a facility designed to assist inmates with their reentry into society, is among four state facilities being slated for closure. A state Department of Corrections steering committee report recommended shuttering the facility along ...
A snow squall that roared through northern Greene County wreaked “havoc” on traffic traveling on Interstate 79 near the Ruff Creek exit Thursday night, causing a multi-vehicle crash that forced the highway to be closed for several hours. At least three tractor-trailers and several ...
A Brownsville father who pleaded guilty to locking his 6-year-old daughter in a dog cage will spend the next 10 years, 1 month to 26 years at a correctional facility. The sentencing hearing for Jacob William Weight, 38, was scheduled for Thursday, but Fayette County President Judge Steven P. ...
During the individual postseason tournaments, most teams will travel in a car or school-issued van as the numbers dwindle down each round. Connellsville will need to secure a few vans, or maybe request a bus as 12 of its 13 that wrestled in the Class 3A East Sectional at Norwin High School ...
WEXFORD — No matter if it’s boys or girls, the Connellsville wrestling team will produce. The evidence of that statement was on display Saturday afternoon at North Allegheny High School in the WPIAL Girls Wrestling Individual Championships. The Lady Falcons had six medalists, and ...
GREENSBURG – Brownsville figured it would be pitted against a higher seeded team and thus would be an underdog in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball playoffs. To be relegated to the last seed in the bracket by the WPIAL pairings committee, however, was a perceived slap ...
If you’re often uninspired by the candidates on your ballot, now may be the time to throw your own hat into the ring. Democracy is not a spectator sport. From the very founding of our nation, citizen involvement has been the backbone of the American government. Active participation sustains ...
When the Pennsylvania Parks and Forest Foundation announced the winners of its 2024 State Park and Forest Photo Contest last week, Laurel Highlands wildlife, scenery, and outdoor action shone brightly across the state and beyond. Contest entrants won three major awards for photographs taken ...
