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The cost of freedom

A light rain stopped and the sun peeked out as hundreds gathered at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Cecil Township on Sunday morning for the annual Veterans Day ceremony to honor U.S. servicemen and women who died while serving in the military. "Memorial Day invites all ...

Whitewater Washington

Re-enactors portraying a young George Washington and his guide float down the Youghiogheny River from the Confluence outflow campgrounds Thursday in a makeshift log raft as they recreated his exploratory voyage that happened 272 years ago. Washington launched the expedition down the Yough on ...

The rainy weekend weather didn't dampen the spirits of festival-goers who visited the Greater Pittsburgh Food Truck Festival at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, which kicked off its 10th year on Friday. The festival featured more than 50 of Southwestern Pennsylvania's best food trucks, ...

What’s closed for Memorial Day

Federal, state, county and municipal offices will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day. There will be no mail delivery and financial markets will be closed. The Herald-Standard will not publish a print edition.

A Washington-based real estate agent, the house she sold locally and the North Carolina transplants who bought it will be featured on national TV next week. “House Hunters,” a long-running reality series on HGTV, will stop in Southwestern Pennsylvania on Wednesday night for a show that ...