The pandemic delayed the implementation of Fayette County’s Blue Zones Project, an initiative meant to help residents in an area live longer, healthier lives through community transformation programs.
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The pandemic delayed the implementation of Fayette County’s Blue Zones Project, an initiative meant to help residents in an area live longer, healthier lives through community transformation programs.
Uniontown police said they do not suspect foul play in the death of a city resident whose body was found in Redstone Creek Monday.
The following students of Laurel Highlands High School have been named to the honor roll of the third nine-week grading period of the 2020-21 school year:
Earth Day takes place on April 22, a day dedicated to our earth and what people can do to protect the environment. In light of Earth Day, a local business owner is hosting a Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful event in Uniontown on April 24 at 10 a.m. to help clean up the city.
United Mine Workers of America president Cecil Roberts and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin are energized by coal.
A family of three escaped a house fire in East Bethlehem Township Monday morning.
Pennsylvania added 1,914 new COVID-19 cases Monday taking the total number to more than 1.1 million since March 2020.
Several fire departments from Washington and Greene counties responded to Sunset Marina, in Clarksville, Greene County Sunday night.
A Waynesburg man is charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly bit his son’s cheek.
Two former staff members at Adelphoi Village in Connellsville are facing criminal charges: one for allegedly pulling a gun on residents, and another for allegedly threatening to have a juvenile assaulted for talking to police.
State Rep. Pam Snyder announced a state grant totaling $85,845 has been awarded that will help fund a boat ramp providing access to the Wisecarver Reservoir near Waynesburg.
Health briefs from around the region.
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The newly-revamped recycling program in Fayette County has caught the attention of a collegiate study and may influence similar programs across the state.
Spotting and reporting on the "modern slavery" of human trafficking was the subject of a recent online training.
Gov. Tom Wolf will receive his first COVID-19 vaccine Monday.
Greene County Sheriff Marcus Simms recently announced that his office received an anonymous donation from a local Greene County family for the purchase of ballistic helmets.
Fayette County Recorder of Deeds Tracie L. Vargo is seeking reelection.
The state Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has released a list of work plans for the week, with projects starting on Monday.
Waynesburg University will hold its annual Baccalaureate and Commencement exercises Saturday, May 1, and Sunday, May 2, on the university campus.
Tuesday was a beautiful day for bike rides, and thanks to Variety—the Children’s Charity, several local children were able to do just that, including 3-year-old twins from Canton Township.
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On Jan. 9, Pam Lynn, a perfusionist at Allegheny Health Network's Allegheny General Hospital, was among a group of health care workers who received her first COVID-19 vaccination.
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to 7.3% in March.
Gov. Tom Wolf is getting his first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine Monday at a federally qualified clinic in his home county of York.
Dr. Cornel West, the public intellectual and author, kicked off Cal U's hip-hop conference Tuesday.
Anyone debating about whether to get a COVID-19 vaccine needs to consider one simple fact, according to WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital’s CEO.
Nearly half of the employees of long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania have declined a COVID-19 vaccine, a disease that has swept through many such homes during the pandemic, the state Health Department said Thursday.
A former Greene County Regional police officer accused of forging documents related to psychological examinations was sentenced to probation Wednesday afternoon by county judge Lou Dayich.
Cumberland Township police contended a Rices Landing man was drinking at a house party before he got into a 2019 crash that killed a passenger in the truck he was driving.
The State System of Higher Education will freeze tuition at state-owned universities, including California University of Pennsylvania, for the third consecutive year.
The Fayette County commissioners have awarded bids totaling nearly $40 million for the new county prison, which officials said is projected to come in under budget.
