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The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum’s former leader Scott Becker is riding off into the sunset with a big honor from the Washington County commissioners. Becker, who retired as director at the end of May, received a certificate of appreciation and plenty of praise from the commissioners as he ...
Downtown Uniontown was alive with activity Thursday as residents gathered to celebrate Unity Fest in honor of Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. The holiday is intended to mark the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, ...
The fiance of a Rostraver Township woman often glared angrily at the suspect accused of killing her as he testified about finding her body the afternoon of April 11. Dorian Coral Jeri-Greene, of Bowie, Md., appeared at the Westmoreland County Courthouse Thursday for his preliminary hearing on ...
Tony Watson, who led Belle Vernon’s baseball to the Class 4A baseball semifinals a few weeks ago, was informed Tuesday afternoon that the district's school board intends to open his head coaching position. Watson, 49, is a 1993 Belle Vernon graduate. He coached the Leopards to the WPIAL ...
OAKMONT – J.J. Spaun seemed composed and focused as he navigated the Oakmont Country Club course during the third round of the 125th U.S. Open Championship Saturday. He was playing well if not spectacular with three birdies, two bogeys and 13 pars, including 12 pars in row at one point ...
College sports are rapidly evolving, and recently, it took another step to the professional level after a judge in California settled on a revenue-sharing agreement between the NCAA and players. Now, athletes are allowed to play directly for schools up to about $20 million a year on top of the ...
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 ...
New data shows that CO2 levels have risen to 430 ppm (parts per million), a pretty sure indicator that what we have been doing for the last 175 years is moving our climate in the wrong direction and the problems associated with this change will only continue to disrupt the weather on our ...