Thompson’s Crossing gets $7M for infrastructure in federal appropriations bill
A Connellsville woman is charged with homicide by vehicle in a June crash in Bullskin Township that killed her husband. Wyola Gemas, 34, told police she had three or four beers several hours before the early morning crash on Englishman Hill Road on June 18. Her husband, Johnny Gemas, had to be extricated from the vehicle, which had sustained severe front-end damage after hitting a tree in the front yard of a home, according to the criminal complaint. Johnny Gemas died on July 5. The coroner’s report indicated his death had been caused by blunt force trauma of the head and torso caused by the crash, court documents said. A toxicology report showed Wyola Gemas had a blood-alcohol ...
Frigid weather conditions were not going to deter the participants of the 13th annual Frosty Frolic Saturday. Sure, the 70 some jumpers who took part did not take a dip in the icy Monongahela River. It was way too cold to do that. But they did get a rush of cold water by being dunked into ...
Data centers are coming whether people want them here or not, so it'll be incumbent upon local municipalities to set aside certain areas where they can be built and legislate parameters for them to operate. That was the main message of a town hall meeting held Saturday afternoon at Citizens ...
Editor’s Note: This story is personal. I was born with albinism and am visually impaired. As a child, I was a participant in West Virginia University’s Children’s Vision Rehabilitation Program. The tools, support, and community provided through CVRP played a meaningful role in my ...
When the high school basketball section season wrapped up on Saturday there were 15 area teams that had punched their ticket into the WPIAL playoffs. Of that group, 10 came from just five schools. Laurel Highlands, Belle Vernon, West Greene, Waynesburg Central and Beth-Center will each be ...
HOUSTON – On two occasions Friday night against Chartiers-Houston, the Jefferson-Morgan boys basketball team thought the game was over only to realize time was being put back on the clock. Once was for a foul that was whistled and the other was for a player stepping out of bounds. The ...
Veteran slugger Marcell Ozuna is heading to Pittsburgh. The 35-year-old free agent has reached an agreement with the Pirates on a one-year deal worth $12 million, a person familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the ...
Cheers: We’re in the home stretch of the Herald-Standard’s annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. It’s not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...
We’ve endured an unusual stretch of cold, snowy weather during this winter of 2026. But “endured” is the right word only if you’ve stuck out this frigid span here in western Pennsylvania. You probably know relatives, friends, or neighbors who traveled south for the winter to Florida ...
