close

EDITOR'S
PICK

Jumping into her 90s

What started out as a joke turned into a party in the sky for Nancy Merckle. And the Canonsburg woman was still feeling the thrill days after she marked her 90th birthday by skydiving. “It was fabulous,” she said of the tandem jump. “It was scary in the beginning, but once I got out of ...

Owner of nursing facilities in Uniontown, South Fayette files for bankruptcy

Genesis HealthCare Inc., the onetime nursing home giant that owns facilities in Uniontown and South Fayette Township, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Based in Kennett Square, the company filed for bankruptcy Thursday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. ...

Police beat July 13

CLARKSVILLE Endangerment: Jonathan Haines, 40, of Clarksville, was charged by state police with endangering the welfare of children, simple assault, reckless endangerment and corruption of minors. According to the complaint, one of the children had observed Haines and another woman in the home ...

Herald-Standard Daily News Update

This daily email features the latest news for Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

Sports

article image - Play at the plate

Uniontown Legion wins thriller over Monroeville

As Saturday’s game between Monroeville and Uniontown in the Junior Legion Region 6 Tournament wore on, the odds that the team who batted last would end up the winner increased. Fortunately for Uniontown, who was the home team after winning the pregame coin toss, that prediction was ...

article image - 0711 Woodruff Melillo2

New champs

CONNELLSVILLE – Brandon Melillo had been very competitive in the John Woodruff 5K Run & Walk before but the top prize had eluded him in his first three attempts. So Melillo made it a point to push even harder and focus even more on the race he so badly wanted to win. Success finally ...

Reaping rewards

Dave Briggs has seen this show before. It never gets old for the veteran Carmichaels softball coach, though. For the third year in a row the Lady Mikes put four players on the Pennsylvania High School Softball Coaches Association All-State Team, and two of them have been selected in each of ...

Editorials

Property Transfers

Obituaries

Opinion

default image placeholder

Angry, disappointed fans wait and wait

On a summer evening in Milwaukee, with his team mired near the bottom of the National League, Pirates' manager Bobby Bragan emerged from the dugout mid-game. Bragan headed toward the umpires. Strangely enough, he was sipping from a small drinking carton. Moments earlier, the brash Bucco ...

Outdoors

Weather agencies in turmoil

The weather forecast for summer and perhaps our future is in. The weather, like the agencies responsible for forecasting what’s ahead, is in turmoil and this could enhance any disasters as they unfold. Knowing and preparation are necessary if we are to be ready for the next Big One. ...

NEWSLETTER

Join thousands already receiving our daily newsletter.

Contact Information

www.heraldstandard.com

  • 8 East Church Street
  • Uniontown, PA 15401
  • Phone: 724-439-7500