We cover your journeys
Area school students put their STEM-based classroom projects on display. Local doctors reported increased instances of hand, foot and mouth disease already this year.
A fourth person was arrested in the shooting death of a Vanderbilt man. A Uniontown police officer received a commendation for saving the life of a woman who was threatening to jump from a bridge.
Laurel Highlands Senior High School football players bested their counterparts from Ringgold. Concerned parents formed a committee to review plans to close A.J McMullen elementary school in Markleysburg.
Injured veterans and their families took a trip down the Youghiogheny River in Ohiopyle. Twins from Smock won the Community Foundation of Fayette County’s 2018 Fayette Philanthropy Project award.
Our coverage of those topics and events represents only a small snippet of things that our readers would have found in our pages over the past few days.
They are a handful of the many stories of our community, and they are your stories.
Daily, we strive to tell your stories. We hope always to bring a newspaper to your hands that has meaningful content that runs the gamut — from entire sections dedicated to education, health, entertainment, real estate and more, to the latest hard-hitting news, crime, court, municipal and county government. Our mission is to inform, educate, guide and entertain, but just as importantly, we hope to evoke thought and inspire connections with our readers as they flip through the pages of the Herald-Standard.
Oct. 7-13 is National Newspaper Week in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, an organization that encompasses daily and weekly publications from across the state, recognized the week with a campaign that puts a fine point on what newspapers do, “Life is full of emotion. We cover the journey.”
Mark Cohen, president of the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, perhaps said it best in an editorial he wrote about the weeklong recognition of newspapers:
“The stories we report may get your blood rushing, wrinkle your brow, inspire you to call a friend about an event or simply entice you to relax and read about your favorite team that pulled out a victory that was destined to be a loss,” he wrote.
Our news, community and sports reporters make it their collective mission to keep our readers informed through their coverage of the day’s events. They seek out those who should be honored in our pages; they question actions when they suspect something may be amiss.
The Herald-Standard staff covers tragedies and celebrates successes, and they do it with dedication to you, our readers.
We feel privileged to be the historians of our communities. Your continued support enables us to record the events of each day, and we thank you for allowing us to continue to do so.